memory
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(noun) an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
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Synonyms: memory board, storage, store |
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Related Words: RAM, ROM, fixed storage, memory device, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read-only memory, read-only storage, read/write memory, real storage, scratchpad, storage device, virtual memory, virtual storage |
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(noun) the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" |
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Synonyms: retention, retentiveness |
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Related Words: faculty, mental faculty, module |
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(noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" |
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Synonyms: remembering |
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Related Words: LTM, STM, anamnesis, association, basic cognitive process, connection, connexion, identification, immediate memory, long-term memory, recall, recognition, recollection, remembrance, retrieval, retrospection, short-term memory, working memory |
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(noun) something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost" |
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Related Words: confabulation, engram, internal representation, memory trace, mental representation, recollection, representation, screen memory |
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(noun) the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory" |
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Related Words: cognitive psychology |
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