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Computers are just switches

Inside every computer are billions of tiny switches called transistors. Each switch is either on (1) or off (0). That's it. Everything your computer does — playing games, streaming video, running AI — is built from billions of those on/off signals.

Your phone's processor has over 15 billion transistors. Each one is a switch.