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A program tells the computer to make numbers, which are sent to a D/A converter, which converts them to voltages, which are sent to an amplifier, which amplifies them and sends them to a speaker, which transforms the voltages into changes of air pressure, which are detected by the ear, which get sent to the brain, which understands them as sound.


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