📖 memory

noun

1. an electronic memory device“a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience“he had a good memory when he was younger”
3. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered“he can do it from memory”
4. something that is remembered“search as he would, the memory was lost”

See also: computer memorycomputer storagememory boardstoragestoreretentionretentivenessretentivity

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