Lesson 11 of 14 · about 12 min
From your code to the chip
Computers are built in layers, each hiding the messy details of the one below. Compilers and interpreters translate your code down the layers; the operating system shares the hardware between programs.
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In this lesson you'll learn:
- Abstraction layers
- Compiler vs interpreter
- Operating system
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