memory
me·mory
noun
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
- “he can do it from memory”
- “he enjoyed remembering his father”
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
- “he had a good memory when he was younger”
- “a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
- “he taught a graduate course on learning and memory”
Origin
From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English myne (whence English min) and Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.
Phrases
- as memory serves
- base memory
- battery memory
- bubble memory
- buddy memory allocation
- childhood memory
- collective memory
- commit to memory
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