When you turn off a computer where does the energy go?

Question

Does it go back into the wire or does it still stay in the computer? And if it stays, how does the computer hold all that power?

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Answer 1

Electrical devices don’t function because energy is placed inside them somehow. The energy comes from the electricity *flowing through them*. Imagine each component that needs power as a little water wheel on a river – the flow of the river pushes the water wheel, and that’s what makes the component function. When the flow is turned off, everything just comes to a stop.