eli5: Why is it bad to unplug a computer when it’s updating it’s BIOS?
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Imagine the code like a bunch of tetris pieces filling up a square leaving no empty spaces.
Because there are no spaces, to update pieces, you’d have to pull the old ones out, rearrange them, and put them back so there are no empty spaces again
During this process you have to keep those tiles outside of the box. The area outside of the box, however, only exist while the computer has power.
Unplugging the computer deletes blocks that are essential and necessary, but were just out while they found a new place to fit in
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