system
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human
ELI5: Multi-core processors

most of the explanations i can find aren't dumbed down enough for me. i need something simple and to the point. i understand that processors are like the brains of computers, but i'm lost when it comes to cores and stuff like that, anything is helpful.
gpt
Imagine a single-core processor being a single lane of a stretch of highway. Each car that passes through are information that needs to be processed/calculated. Though we can increase the speed limit (CPU clock speed) of the highway for faster processing, we can also create a new lane to do this. Thus, a highway with 2 lanes is a processor with 2 cores. The more lanes you have, the more cores, and more processing power.