Definition of Memory
1. Noun. Something that is remembered. "Search as he would, the memory was lost"
Generic synonyms: Internal Representation, Mental Representation, Representation
Derivative terms: Memorize
2. Noun. The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered. "He enjoyed remembering his father"
Generic synonyms: Basic Cognitive Process
Specialized synonyms: Immediate Memory, Short-term Memory, Stm, Working Memory, Long-term Memory, Ltm, Retrieval, Recall, Recollection, Reminiscence, Identification, Recognition, Association, Connection, Connexion, Retrospection
Derivative terms: Memorize, Remember, Remember, Remember
3. Noun. The power of retaining and recalling past experience. "He had a good memory when he was younger"
Generic synonyms: Faculty, Mental Faculty, Module
Specialized synonyms: Anamnesis, Recollection, Remembrance
Derivative terms: Memorize, Retain, Retentive, Retentive
4. Noun. An electronic memory device. "A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Group relationships: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Generic synonyms: Computer Hardware, Hardware, Memory Device, Storage Device
Specialized synonyms: Non-volatile Storage, Nonvolatile Storage, Fixed Storage, Read-only Memory, Read-only Storage, Rom, Real Storage, Scratchpad, Virtual Memory, Virtual Storage, Volatile Storage
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5. Noun. The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes. "He taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
Definition of Memory
1. n. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.
Definition of Memory
1. Noun. The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will. ¹
2. Noun. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM). ¹
4. Noun. The time within which past events can be or are remembered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Memory
1. the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Memory
1. Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Memory
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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"S. A combined test of memory, association and finding-time as described in the
... Show numerals in chance order and have subject write them from memory ..."
2. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"When one thinks of an absent acquaintance, the memory image may contain factors
... Furthermore, enough has been said to justify the description of memory ..."
3. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"If therefore there be any innate ideas, they must be in the memory, or else
nowhere in the mind; and if they be in the memory, they can be revived without ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"memory. Are growth and evolution forms of memory and habit? F. Darwin. Sei. ...
Effect of memory on the habits of plants. Cur. Lit. 46: 567-9. N. '08. ..."
5. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"yet, unless its image also were present in my memory, I could by no means recall
what the sound of this name should signify. Nor would the sick, ..."
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