AC power is like a kid on a swing going back and forth. A diode is like a zip tie that can only go in one way but with electricity instead of the plastic rope. Imagine the swinger uses their feet to push the zip tie rope along, but the zip tie rope is up high a little ways, so the swinger has to swing really high to reach it. This turns the back and forth power(AC) into pulling power(DC).
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