Human memory is like a computer we haven't built.. yet.

   Neural circuits *are* circuits; we could built one out of pipes
   + pressure, metal + electricity + flaky silicon (computer
   memory), or rubber bands + popsicle sticks... or a computer
   program, or imagine it all in our minds in a series of steps and
   changes to parts against a grid. This is that grid.

   Our brains seem to use a math that's not a 0 1 like computers,
   but more like a 0 1 2 - ''trinary'' math.

   the memory cells stick to tubes through static electricity;
   yeah, like a balloon sticks to your hair after you rub it. Our
   closest computer equivilant is a CMOS chip - stores via ''NOR''
   gates - its what keeps the very basic settings of our computer
   intact - even when it's turned off.

   Fact checkers among you - and if you want to see a few examples
   of biological logic gates -
   http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002421#pcbi-1002421-g005