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Brain’s Memory Storage Similar to Computers

Brain’s Memory Storage

The brain has memory storage that is similar to that of a computer.

RAM is a Computers Short Term Memory

Random Access Memory or RAM is part of a computer’s hard drive. For data to be available, it must be loaded onto the computer perhaps by typing into a word processor. Computers also receive data through the internet, scanners, and external hard drives or flash drives.

This very website was stored in RAM before it was uploaded to the internet for all to see. RAM is the electronic based memory that is there as long as the computer has power. If you lose power, you lose what you haven’t saved.

Processing Speed A Limitation on Computational Capacity

Both computers and brains are limited by processing speed. Today’s computers are so fast that processing setbacks rarely happen. But it wasn’t long ago that a computer couldn’t do anything else while printing. Processing setback now is noticed when downloading large files from the internet. Computers are constrained by the speed of the central processing unit or the CPU and the efficiency of connection between various parts, RAM, hard drive, or network.

Brains have similar memory and processing limitations. Computers were invented to do things our brains couldn’t. The two most significant innovations were the calculator, which could do arithmetic for us, and the word processor, which could write and correct words.