What is a computer thinking when it works?
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What is a computer thinking when it works?
When you tap a key or click a button, your computer springs into action — lights blink, fans whum, the screen changes. But what's actually happening inside? What is a computer "thinking" as it works? Let's peek under the hood.
Here's the secret: computers don't think like you do. You think in words, pictures, feelings — a whole swirl of ideas at once. A computer thinks in the tiniest, simplest steps imaginable. It only knows two things: 1 and 0. On and off. Yes and no. That's it.
