Eli5 Where exactly do computers make decisions?

Question

I understand the concept of coding, that it’s a bunch of if/then/unless kind of hardwired decisions. But where, PHYSICALLY, and how does this happen? This one I need actually explained like I’m five. I’ve never understood how code physically implements itself into fruition.

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its all transistors in the cpu, all code is executed by logic gates, aka transistors. So it’s literally just electricity flowing through the transistors