memory

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also

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[edit] Etymology

< Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc. < Latin memoria (“‘the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account’”) < memor (“‘mindful, remembering’”); cf. Greek μέρμερος (“‘anxious’”), μέριμνα (“‘care, thought’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɛməɹi/
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[edit] Noun

memory (countable and uncountable; plural memories)

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.

   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Albert Schweitzer

     Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

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

   I have no memory of that event.

3. (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.

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• (ability to recall): recall
• (stored record): recall, recollection
• (RAM or ROM): core (old-fashioned)

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• remember
• mnemonics