Charge-coupled device

Alright kiddo, have you ever taken a picture on a camera? A charge-coupled device or CCD is like the eyes of that camera.

When you take a picture, light passes through the camera lens and hits the CCD. The CCD is made up of tiny pixels that each act like little buckets that collect the light particles called photons.

Once the photons are collected in the buckets, the CCD sends an electrical charge to them. This electrical charge is like a message to the camera to record that particular pixel and the amount of light that it has collected.

The camera then uses this information to create a digital image of the picture you took. The more photons that are collected in a pixel, the brighter that area of the image will be.

So, in short, a charge-coupled device is a tiny part inside your camera that collects light to create the pictures you take. It's like a little bucket that catches the light and sends messages to the camera to create a picture.