ALL meanings of memory
mem·o·ry
M m - noun memory A person's power to remember things. 1
- noun memory mental retention 1
- noun memory recall 1
- noun memory specific recollection 1
- noun memory remembrance of a dead person 1
- noun memory computers 1
- noun plural memory the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. 1
- noun plural memory this faculty as possessed by a particular individual: to have a good memory. 1
- noun plural memory the act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts, etc.; remembrance; recollection: to draw from memory. 1
- noun plural memory the length of time over which recollection extends: a time within the memory of living persons. 1
- noun plural memory a mental impression retained; a recollection: one's earliest memories. 1
- noun plural memory the reputation of a person or thing, especially after death; fame: a ruler of beloved memory. 1
- noun plural memory the state or fact of being remembered. 1
- noun plural memory a person, thing, event, fact, etc., remembered. 1
- noun plural memory commemorative remembrance; commemoration: a monument in memory of Columbus. 1
- noun plural memory the ability of certain materials to return to an original shape after deformation. 1
- noun plural memory Also called computer memory, storage. Computers. the capacity of a computer to store information subject to recall. the components of the computer in which such information is stored. 1
- noun plural memory Rhetoric. the step in the classical preparation of a speech in which the wording is memorized. 1
- noun plural memory Cards. concentration (def 7). 1
- noun Definition of memory in Technology (storage) These days, usually used synonymously with Random Access Memory or Read-Only Memory, but in the general sense it can be any device that can hold data in machine-readable format. 1
- noun memory (Uncountable Noun) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will. 0
- noun memory A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism. 0
- noun memory (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM). 0
- noun memory The time within which past events can be or are remembered. 0
- noun memory (attributive, of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated. 0
- noun memory (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A memorial. 0
- variable noun memory Your memory is your ability to remember things. 0
- countable noun memory A memory is something that you remember from the past. 0
- countable noun memory A computer's memory is the part of the computer where information is stored, especially for a short time before it is transferred to disks or magnetic tapes. 0
- singular noun memory If you talk about the memory of someone who has died, especially someone who was loved or respected, you are referring to the thoughts, actions, and ceremonies by which they are remembered. 0
- noun memory the ability of the mind to store and recall past sensations, thoughts, knowledge, etc 0
- noun memory the part of the brain that appears to have this function 0
- noun memory the sum of everything retained by the mind 0
- noun memory a particular recollection of an event, person, etc 0
- noun memory the time over which recollection extends 0
- noun memory commemoration or remembrance 0
- noun memory the state of being remembered, as after death 0
- noun memory a part of a computer in which information is stored for immediate use by the central processing unit 0
- noun memory the tendency for a material, system, etc, to show effects that depend on its past treatment or history 0
- noun memory the ability of a material, etc, to return to a former state after a constraint has been removed 0
- noun memory the power, act, or process of recalling to mind facts previously learned or past experiences 0
- noun memory the total of what one remembers 0
- noun memory a person, thing, happening, or act remembered 0
- noun memory the length of time over which remembering extends 0
- noun memory the fact of being remembered; posthumous reputation 0
- noun memory plastic memory 0
- noun memory a device in a computer, guidance system, etc., designed to accept, store, and recall information or instructions; specif., random-access memory 0
- noun memory storage or storage capacity as of a computer, disk, etc. 0