# memory
## English
### Alternative forms

* memorie (archaic)

### Etymology

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 ġemynd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/
* (pin–pen merger) IPA: /ˈmɪm(ə)ɹi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: mem‧o‧ry, mem‧ory
* Rhymes: -ɛmɹi, -ɛməɹi

### Noun

memory (countable and uncountable, plural memories)
* (uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
    Synonym: recall
    Memory is a facility common to all animals.
* A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
    Synonyms: recall, recollection
    I have no memory of that event.
    My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
* (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
    Synonym: (dated) core
    Hyponyms: RAM; random access memory; ROM; read-only memory; for more, see Wikipedia at computer memory § Volatility categories
    This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
** 1987 July 27, Jerry Pournelle, “Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full”, in InfoWorld, volume 9, number 30, InfoWorld Media Group Inc, page 46:My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.
* The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
    in recent memory
    in living memory
* (attributive, of a material) Which returns to its original shape when heated
    memory metal
    memory plastic
* (obsolete) A memorial.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
* Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
** 2010 July 30, Paula Schwartz, “Lyndsea Cochrane and Ethan Cherkasky”, in The New York Times‎:After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to sit and played Memory and Yahtzee, both of which were new to Ms. Cochrane.
** 2010, Jason Fincanon, “Advergaming and Applications”, in Flash Advertising: Flash Platform Development of Microsites, Advergames and Branded Applications, Burlington, MA: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 183:One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game of memory, it's a matching game where you are presented with several cards in the facedown position.
* (zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

#### Derived terms

* as memory serves
* base memory
* bubble memory
* buddy memory allocation
* childhood memory
* collective memory
* commit to memory
* constructive memory
* conventional memory
* core memory
* damnation of memory
* declarative memory
* DIP memory
* dynamic memory
* dynamic memory allocation
* dynamic random access memory
* echoic memory
* EDO memory
* eidetic memory
* episodic memory
* expanded memory
* extended memory
* extinction memory
* false memory
* false memory syndrome
* false-memory syndrome
* ferrite core memory
* flashbulb memory
* flash memory
* folk memory
* forgettery
* from memory
* genetic memory
* have a short memory
* highly superior autobiographical memory
* high memory area
* if memory serves
* in living memory
* in memory of
* in recent memory
* institutional memory
* jog someone's memory
* living memory
* long memory
* long-term memory
* magnetic core memory
* main memory
* memcapacitance
* memcapacitor
* memex
* memoried
* memorist
* memory barrier
* memory B cell
* memory box
* memory café
* memory care
* memory cartridge
* memory cell
* memory chip
* memorycide
* memory core
* memory distrust syndrome
* memory drive
* memory dump
* memory effect
* memory enhancer
* memoryful
* memory-hole
* memory hole
* memory-holing
* memory institution
* memory jogger
* memory journey
* memory leak
* memoryless
* memory like a sieve
* memory metal
* memory of a goldfish
* memory page
* memory palace
* memory quilt
* memory root
* memory-safe
* memory safety
* memory span
* memory stick
* memory T cell
* memory typewriter
* memory unit
* memory-unsafe
* memristor
* metamemory
* multimemory
* muscle memory
* nonmemory
* non-volatile random access memory
* of blessed memory
* photographic memory
* postmemory
* primary memory
* procedural memory
* programmable read-only memory
* programmable read only memory
* pseudomemory
* race memory
* racial memory
* random access memory
* random-access memory
* read only memory
* read-only memory
* recent memory
* recovered memory
* refresh someone's memory
* resistive random access memory
* retrospective memory
* secondary memory
* selective memory
* semantic memory
* semiconductor memory
* sensory memory
* shadow memory
* shape memory alloy
* short-term memory
* static memory allocation
* static random access memory
* superior autobiographical memory
* thermomemory
* time-memory trade-off
* time of memory
* transactional memory
* translation memory
* upper memory area
* virtual memory
* volatile memory
* water memory
* within living memory
* working memory
* write-only memory

#### Derived terms

* in-memory

#### Related terms

* memo
* memoir
* memorabilia
* memorable
* memorandum
* memorate
* memorial
* memorise, memorize
* memory bank
* memory card
* memory foam
* memory lane
* memory-ridden

#### Translations

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### See also

* memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* remember
* mnemonics