Noun Definition
memory
1.Definition: an electronic memory device
"A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Category: Objects2.Definition: something that is remembered
"Search as he would, the memory was lost"
Category: General3.Definition: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
"He taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
Category: General4.Definition: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
"He can do it from memory", "He enjoyed remembering his father"
Category: General5.Definition: the power of retaining and recalling past experience
"He had a good memory when he was younger"
Related Noun(s):retention, retentiveness, retentivity
Category: General