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Noun (5 meanings)
1. something that is remembered.
Example:
- “search as he would, the memory was lost”
memory is a type of:
- representation, mental representation, internal representation (noun) - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
types of memory:
- confabulation (noun) - (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
- engram, memory trace (noun) - a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
- recollection (noun) - something recalled to the mind
- reminiscence (noun) - a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- screen memory (noun) - an imagined memory of a childhood experience
memory is derivationally related to:
2. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered.
Examples:
- “he can do it from memory”,
- “he enjoyed remembering his father”
memory is a type of:
- basic cognitive process (noun) - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
types of memory:
- association, connection, connexion (noun) - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- long-term memory, LTM (noun) - your general store of remembered information
- recall, recollection, reminiscence (noun) - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- recognition, identification (noun) - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- retrieval (noun) - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- retrospection (noun) - memory for experiences that are past
- short-term memory, STM, immediate memory (noun) - what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
- working memory (noun) - memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
memory is derivationally related to:
3. the power of retaining and recalling past experience.
Example:
- “he had a good memory when he was younger”
memory is a type of:
- faculty, mental faculty, module (noun) - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
types of memory:
- remembrance, recollection, anamnesis (noun) - the ability to recall past occurrences
memory is derivationally related to:
4. an electronic memory device.
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
Example:
- “a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
memory is a type of:
- hardware, computer hardware (noun) - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- memory device, storage device (noun) - a device that preserves information for retrieval
types of memory:
- non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage (noun) - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
- read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage (noun) - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- real storage (noun) - the main memory in a virtual memory system
- scratchpad (noun) - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- virtual memory, virtual storage (noun) - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory
- volatile storage (noun) - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
memory is a part of:
- computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system (noun) - a machine for performing calculations automatically
parts of memory:
- register (noun) - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
5. the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes.
Example:
- “he taught a graduate course on learning and memory”
memory is a type of:
- cognitive psychology (noun) - an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes