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Ask HN: Basic Tech Concepts for non-tech people?

2 points by kreeWall ↗ HN
What are some basic tech concepts that non-tech people need to understand before they learn how to code or interact with our tech savvy world? What things would it be useful for your sales/marketing/business department to understand about you or your job before interacting with you?

Here are a couple I've already come up with: - Binary numbers - How it sometimes takes a long time write simple things in code since you have to write every piece of it. - How the internet works.

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humbleMouse
Learn what a web-service is. If you don't know what a web-service is nobody will take you seriously.

Furthermore, I think sales people and the like should know what a virtual cloud environment actually is. Ie. baremetal server running virtual computer instances that take X amount of RAM and CPU which takes X amount of dollars per instance.

[dead] motbus
Pick some random ones:

Numbers system Logic Math Computers and architectures Networks Networks insides (sockets, ports, etc) Internet Statistics Numerical analysis Time complexity Space complexity Amortized times Recursivity Best Conceivable Runtime Operating systems Databases AI Machine learning