ELI5: What happens inside of a USB flash drive that allows it to retain the new/altered data even when it's not plugged in?

When you charge a battery it retains the charge for a long time even though it is not plugged in. Think of a flash drive like a collection of billions of microscopic tiny batteries. Some of them are charged up (and contain a “1”) and others are not (containing “0”).

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