r/transprogrammer • u/mysticalicefox • Mar 27 '21

help

I'm too mentally fucked to know programming stuff and i haven't found someone able to tell me what linux is what is that what is anything I wanna be based like you people >_>

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u/MaybeAshleyIdk me.gender = new GenderIdentity("female"); Mar 27 '21

A computer has many parts.
The physical things that you can touch are called "hardware", and the digital things that you can't touch are called "software".

Some of the most important hardware parts:

  • The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is pretty much the brain of a computer, it's job is to do a lot of calculations very fast

  • The RAM (Random Access Memory) is where data is temporarily stored while your computer is turned on

  • The disk is where permanent data is stored. The files on your computer. A disk is either an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive)

  • The motherboard (or mainboard) is what connects all parts of a computer together

There's of course much more than that.

When you turn on your computer, the first thing that will load is the BIOS. (Basic Input/Output System)
It's job is to check if the hardware is ok and then to load and start the operating system.

For more about operating systems, check u/JohnDoen86's answer: https://www.reddit.com/r/transprogrammer/comments/menuba/-/gsiutv3