Computers and brains use data structures, such as files, tables, arrays, and displays. Files have elements, such as bytes, numbers, strings, dates, times, and booleans, separated by tabs, commas, and/or spaces. Files can have rows, with fixed or variable column numbers. Perhaps, mind uses three-dimensional displays {data structures and sensations}.
Computers open and close files to read or write data. Perhaps, brain opens and closes files {file access and sensations}. Opening files is like awakening and becoming conscious, by accessing memory. Closing files is like sleeping, by blocking memory.
To describe object collections, structure files list object types and relative coordinates and distances. For example, to describe molecules, chemical structure files list atoms and relative coordinates and distances [Dalby et al., 1992]. Brains can use structure files to describe visual displays {structure files and sensations}.
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