Complete Definition of "memory"

English

rank|Greek|island|special|935|memory|proved|plan|pain

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-memory.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From Anglo-Norman memorie, from L. memoria.

Noun
en-noun|memor|ies|-

  1. uncountable The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.

#:Memory is a facility common to all animals.

  1. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

#:I have no memory of that event.

  1. computing The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

#:This data passes from the CPU to the memory.

  1. context|computing|uncountable This part of a computer considered as a resource.

#:How much memory does this PC have?

Synonyms
(1): recall
(2): recall, recollection
(3): core (old-fashioned)
(4): core (old-fashioned)

Translations
trans-top|brain
Chinese: jìyì (zh-ts|��|记�)
Czech: pam�ť f
Dutch: geheugen
Esperanto: memoro
Finnish: muisti
French: mémoire f
German: Gedächtnis n
Hebrew: ��ר�� (zikarón) m
Italian: memoria f
Japanese: �� (���, kioku)
Latin: memoria f
trans-mid
Lithuanian: atmintis f
Old English: gemynd|Ä¡emynd
Polish: pami�� f
Portuguese: memória f
Romanian: memorie f
Russian: пам��� (pám'at') f
Slovak: pamäť f
Slovene: spomin m
Spanish: memoria f
Swedish: minne n
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trans-top|record
Croatian: sje�anje
Czech: vzpomínka f
Dutch: herinnering
Esperanto: memoro
Finnish: muistikuva, muisto, muisti
French: souvenir m
German: Erinnerung f
Hebrew: ��ר�� (zikarón) m
Italian: memoria f
Japanese: �� (���, kioku)
trans-mid
Latin: memoria f
Polish: wspomnienie n
Portuguese: lembrança f
Romanian: amintire f
Russian: во�поминание (vospominánije) n
Slovak: spomienka f
Slovenian: spomin m
Spanish: memoria f
Swedish: minne n
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trans-top|computer
Chinese: �� (nèicún)
Czech: pam�ť f
Dutch: geheugen
Finnish: muisti
French: mémoire f
German: Speicher m
Italian: memoria f
Latin: memoria f
Lithuanian: atmintin� f
trans-mid
Polish: pami�� f
Portuguese: memória f
Russian: пам��� (pám'at') f
Slovak: pamäť f
Slovene: spomin m
Spanish: memoria f
Swedish: minne n
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trans-top|resource
Chinese: �� (nèicún)
Czech: pam�ť f
Dutch: geheugen
Finnish: muisti
French: mémoire f
German: Speicher m
Hebrew: ��ר�� (zikarón) m
Italian: memoria f
trans-mid
Latin: memoria f
Polish: pami�� f
Portuguese: memória f
Russian: пам��� (pám'at') f
Slovak: pamäť f
Slovene: spomin m
Swedish: minne n
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Related terms

declarative memory
false memory
flashbulb memory
memoirs
memorable
memorial
memorise, memorize
memory bank
memory card
mnemonics
mind maps
semantic memory
sensory memory

See also

wikipedia
remember

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