Phase 1 · Module 2 of 15Quadrant A · the request
Inside a Computer
What happens inside the device running software?
By the end: You understand the basic environment in which applications operate.
— The machine
L1CPU, memory, and storage~8 min○L2Bits, bytes, and binary~8 min○L3Operating systems and processes~8 min○— Files and access
L4Files, folders, extensions, and formats~9 min○L5Local and remote machines~8 min○— The engineer's view
L6The command line, terminal, and shell~9 min○What lights on your map here
CPUmemory / RAMstorage / diskbitbytebinaryoperating systemWindowsmacOSLinuxprocessfilefolderfile extensiontext filebinary filelocalremoteuploaddownloadcompressionZIP filecommand lineterminalshellSSH
Recognition terms — you'll know they exist
threadmachine codepersistentephemeral