Current in a wire flows opposite to the direction of flow of electrons, what exactly is current then, if there is nothing actually flowing?

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I know that flow of electrons is not current, it is opposite to the direction of flow of electrons, is it just a convention? why such a convention was chosen if it is one. . Please correct me if you think i have very wrong assumptions.

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Flow of electrons is current. An ampere is one “coulomb” of electrons flowing past a point per second.
The one you’re thinking about is called “hole flow” where if you imagined the gaps between electrons( holes) as current flows, the gaps move backwards.

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