#52: How computers work: from electrons to Electron
from Around IT in 256 seconds Hosted by Tomasz Nurkiewicz
Today I’d like to explain how computers work. From the ground up, grossly simplifying. It all starts with an electric field. It’s a place where charged particles, like electrons, are attracted or repelled. The electricity flows through a piece of wire because of the difference in electric field potential on wire’s ends. This difference is known as voltage. Read more: https://nurkiewicz.com/52 Get the new episode straight to your mailbox: https://nurkiewicz.com/newsletter
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