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Non-Technical Explanation of How Computers Work

A Non-Technical Explanation of How Computers Work —

This is a computer lesson I just recorded which ties together a number of different specific explanations of computer terms which I’ve used over the years.

I wanted to have a single lesson which ran people through a kind of overview of how computers operate — explained in a way that even extremely “tech challenged” computer users would be able to relate to.

In the lesson I cover the following:

- what memory and drives are

- what a CPU is

- what programs or applications are

- what documents are

- why your computer can be slow doing some things more than others

- why the computer needs memory (what it’s for)

- why adding RAM often “speeds it up”

I may go into more detail than might be needed by some people, but I do this because I don’t want to leave anyone out, especially the real basic computer users who need my help the most.

Take a listen and tell me what you think. — posted from my computer training SoundCloud account

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Here is one of my early video lessons (please excuse the video quality) where I use one of my Plain English explanations of computer terms — explaining what a hard drive is and what RAM is, and what they do in your computer.  Many people confuse those two terms with each other, and many people don’t understand either at all.

If this is true for you, it’s not your fault — it’s just never been explained to you in a way that you could relate to. Watch this video and both computer terms will finally make sense, even if you feel like the most basic computer user in the world.

(Source: worthgodwin.com)

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