Course Content
Part 1: What Does the CPU Really Do?
What Is a CPU and Why Is It So Important? The Difference Between RAM, Storage, and the CPU What Happens When You Click a Button on Your Computer?
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Part 5: How the CPU Talks to Memory and Storage
This part will explain how the CPU and memory are like two people trying to talk across a busy room — and why the CPU needs clever helpers like RAM and cache instead of going straight to the hard drive.
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Part 6: Paths and Highways: How CPUs Talk to Everything
So far, we’ve learned how the CPU works with RAM, cache, and storage. But the CPU doesn’t live alone — it has to talk to memory, graphics cards, USB sticks, and more.
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How Computers Think: Inside the CPU

🔍 Why This Matters

Single gates (like AND or OR) are like single thoughts. But real decisions often need many thoughts together.

Let’s see how we can combine gates to do more complex things.

 

🧠 Example: A Door Lock

Imagine a digital lock that should open only if:

  • The person entered the right code

  • AND it’s daytime

  • AND the battery has charge

That needs three AND gates chained together.

 

🔁 Example: A Smart Light

Turn ON the light if:

  • It’s dark OR someone walks in

  • BUT only if the switch is NOT off

That’s:

  • OR between “dark” and “motion”

  • AND with “switch is ON”

  • AND a NOT gate for “switch is OFF”

See how logic blocks can be stacked like Lego pieces?

This is how all decisions in computers are made.

 

🔍 Why This Is Powerful

With just these blocks, you can:

  • Do math

  • Check passwords

  • Play music

  • Run games

Everything in a computer starts with just switches—and rules.

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