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It
is
generally
accepted
that most,
if not all,
functions
of the
brain,
such as
perception,
thought,
learning,
are a result of
its architecture
as a highly
connected
network
of neurons.
The
Internet
is made
up of
tens of millions
of computers
that communicate
with each other
through electrical
cables or
wireless
signals.
Web pages
in the role
of neurons,
and hyperlinks
as synapses
that direct
the flow of
information
from one
page
to the next.
Synapses,
the junctions
between dendrites
and axons of
one neuron and
the body of
another neuron,
mediate the
signal transfer,
or information transfer,
between neurons
through an
electric current or
release of
neurotransmitters.
Input received
by the
neuron might
in turn
cause it to fire,
that is to
trigger
information
to flow to the
neuron it is
connected to.