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From typing your name to playing a song, everything you do on computers uses code. But how do computers understand what we're telling them?

Where does an e-mail go when you hit send? Code zooms it through the millions of connections in the Internet!

Did you know that the average car has more than a dozen computers inside? Without computers and the coding that controls them, today's transportation would look a lot different.

How do your favorite video games work? The coding insides creates backgrounds, plays music, and controls how each character and items move.

Thanks to Siri and Alexa, we've gotten pretty used to coding in our home. But did you know a company offered automation for lights and appliances as early as the 1970s?

Many students may use computer labs or tablets in school. But coding can also be found in science classrooms, the library, and even the lunch room!