How do you move from it being a collection of transistors to it being a fully functional computer?

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How do you move from it being a collection of transistors to it being a fully functional computer?

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tl;dr, you organize those transistors into logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc) so that you can process data through them. The more circuits you have, basically, the more data and the more complex data you can generally process…

ETA, people have actually demonstrated this using redstone components in Minecraft. See: [Logic gates with redstone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcmaXwjwuY). Some crazies have even built *working computers* inside the game. They’re huge and ridiculous, but they work. If you have a few hours, it’s fascinating stuff, and it’s pretty much exactly how computer hardware is developed. It might help you understand the real-world process.