Memory - Definition
memory
n 1: something that is remembered; "search as he would, the
memory was lost"
2: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is
remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed
remembering his father" [syn: memory, remembering]
3: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had
a good memory when he was younger" [syn: memory,
retention, retentiveness, retentivity]
4: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
[syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer
storage, store, memory board]
5: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory
processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and
memory"