memory (noun)

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• memory — noun 1 ability to remember ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive ▪ awful, bad, faulty, poor …   Collocations dictionary

• memory — ► NOUN (pl. memories) 1) the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. 2) a person or thing remembered. 3) the length of time over which people s memory extends. 4) a computer s equipment or capacity for storing data or program… …   English terms dictionary

• memory lane — noun : an imaginary path through the nostalgically remembered past usually used in such phrases as a walk down memory lane * * * the memory of one s past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory… …   Useful english dictionary

• memory — mem‧o‧ry [ˈmemri] noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the part of a computer in which information is stored: • Storing and retrieving video images requires vast amounts of computer memory. • a machine with 4 gigabytes of memory • Both companies have… …   Financial and business terms

• Memory Stick — Memory Stick® noun (computing) A type of flash drive (qv under ↑flash) • • • Main Entry: ↑memory * * * Memory Stick UK US [singular Memory Stick plural Memory Sticks] …   Useful english dictionary

• memory card — memory board or memory card noun An expansion card providing additional memory for a microcomputer • • • Main Entry: ↑memory * * * ˈmemory card 8 [memory card] noun an electronic device that can be used to store data, used especially with ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• memory — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English memorie, from Anglo French memoire, memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful; akin to Old English gemimor well known, Greek mermēra care, Sanskrit smarati he remembers Date: 14th century 1. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• memory board — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• memory span — noun : the greatest amount (as the longest series of letters or digits) that can be perfectly reproduced by the subject after a single presentation by the experimenter * * * memory span noun (psychology) The capacity of a person s short term… …   Useful english dictionary

• memory span — noun The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short term memory). [ …   Wiktionary

• memory address — ➔ address1 * * * memory address UK US noun [C] IT ► a number that shows where particular data and instructions are stored in a computer s memory …   Financial and business terms