memory
/mˈɛmɝi/
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Definitions
Noun
something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"
Noun
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
Noun
the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
Noun
an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Noun
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
Synonyms
computer memory
computer storage
memory board
remembering
retention
retentiveness
retentivity
storage
store
More General Terms
basic cognitive process
cognitive psychology
computer hardware
faculty
hardware
internal representation
memory device
mental faculty
mental representation
module
representation
storage device
More Specific Terms
anamnesis
association
confabulation
connection
connexion
engram
fixed storage
identification
immediate memory
long-term memory
LTM
memory trace
nonvolatile storage
non-volatile storage
read-only memory
read-only storage
real storage
recall
recognition
recollection
remembrance
reminiscence
retrieval
retrospection
ROM
scratchpad
screen memory
short-term memory
STM
virtual memory
virtual storage
volatile storage
working memory