Definitions for memory

Definitions for (noun) memory

Main entry: memory, memory board, computer storage, storage, store, computer memory

Definition: an electronic memory device

Usage: a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached


Main entry: memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity

Definition: the power of retaining and recalling past experience

Usage: he had a good memory when he was younger


Main entry: memory, remembering

Definition: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

Usage: he can do it from memory; he enjoyed remembering his father


Main entry: memory

Definition: something that is remembered

Usage: search as he would, the memory was lost


Main entry: memory

Definition: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes

Usage: he taught a graduate course on learning and memory


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