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title: Computer
description: A machine is a persistent Linux computer. You create one, it boots, and it keeps its disk until you delete it.
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A machine is a persistent Linux computer. You create one, it boots, and it keeps its disk
until you delete it. Everything in these docs is a call the API answers today.

- **[Create your first machine](/docs/tutorial/create-your-first-machine)** — install the SDK, boot a machine, and drive it, start to finish.
- **How-to guides** — [take input control](/docs/how-to/take-input-control) from an agent, and [connect the live desktop](/docs/how-to/connect-the-live-desktop) over the websocket gateway.
- **[API reference](/docs/reference/api)** — the generated OpenAPI document.
- **[How machines behave](/docs/explanation/how-machines-behave)** — the reasoning behind sizes, readiness, coordinates, and exit codes.