ELI5. If a computer is made up of preprogrammed circuits, then how does it display anything on its screen, even if that particular thing hasn’t been preprogrammed in its circuits?

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ELI5. If a computer is made up of preprogrammed circuits, then how does it display anything on its screen, even if that particular thing hasn’t been preprogrammed in its circuits?

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Answer 1

Think of it like an old school Lite Brite only way better. Instead of you reading an instruction manual to know which peg goes in which hole to get which color for the bigger, there is a computer doing it and the monitor is a super lite brite