memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɛm.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmem.ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈmem.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɛməɹi
rhymes: -ɛmɹi
Forms: form: memories
form: memorie
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, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.
Senses: examples: text: Memory is a facility common to all animals.
synonyms: recall#Noun
glosses: The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
examples: text: I have no memory of that event.
text: My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
text: Sam and his friends will never forget the happy memories of the field trip to France.
synonyms: recall
recollection
glosses: A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
examples: text: This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
text: 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.
ref: 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:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: core
glosses: The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
examples: text: in recent memory
text: in living memory
glosses: The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
examples: text: memory metal
text: memory plastic
glosses: Which returns to its original shape when heated
raw_tags: of a material
examples: text: These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
ref: 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]:
glosses: A memorial.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2010 July 30, Paula Schwartz, “Lyndsea Cochrane and Ethan Cherkasky”, in The New York Times:
text: 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.
ref: 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:
glosses: Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
synonyms: word: pelmanism
extra: memory card game
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
Synonyms: word: memory
word: recall
word: recollection
word: rememoration
word: reminiscence
Hypernyms: word: record
Hyponyms: word: flashback
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
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
motor memory
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
screen 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
in-memory
Related terms: memo
memoir
memorabilia
memorable
memorandum
memorate
memorial
memorise
memorize
memory bank
memory card
memory foam
memory lane
memory-ridden
remember
mnemonics