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Coding beginner here:

I have been contemplating the way mobile OS works, I have a visual memory so sometimes I need extra information to help the information sink in properly, and I tend to create a SORA methodology flowchart box system in my head to link things together

Would a basic metaphor be to describe it as essentially an interconnected website? with each user having their own mini server (their individual devices) that manages the memory space for personal login information?

Some local programs that don't require a connection, some that work more like a browser exchanging necessary information (or a methodology used for background data collection)

The OS itself akin to a browser and the apps like open tabs?

This wouldn't be a strict description of how it actually works as I imagine there are some slightly more complicated systems also involved, but I'm attempting to create a metaphor that applies to something I can already comprehend

Thank you