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Programs Are Stored Like Data

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A computer stores its programs in memory alongside the data those programs use — so improving a program means changing stored instructions, never rebuilding the machine.

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An overnight phone update rewrites instructions; the hardware under them never moves.

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This storage choice is what makes computers reprogrammable at all.