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memory

Noun

Something that is remembered (synset 105943778)
"search as he would, the memory was lost"

is a type of: internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
subtypes:
- reminiscence - a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- recollection - something recalled to the mind
- engram, memory trace - a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
- confabulation - (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
- screen memory - an imagined memory of a childhood experience; hides another memory of distressing significance
The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (synset 105768199)
"he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"

is a type of: basic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
subtypes:
- immediate memory, short-term memory, stm - what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
- working memory - memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
- long-term memory, ltm - your general store of remembered information
- retrieval - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- recall, recollection, reminiscence - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- identification, recognition - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- association, connection, connexion - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- retrospection - memory for experiences that are past
same as: remembering
The power of retaining and recalling past experience (synset 105659244)
"he had a good memory when he was younger"

is a type of: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

subtypes: anamnesis, recollection, remembrance - the ability to recall past occurrences

same as: retention, retentiveness, retentivity
An electronic memory device (synset 103749767)
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
is a type of:
- computer hardware, hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval
subtypes:
- non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
- fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- real storage - the main memory in a virtual memory system
- scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- virtual memory, virtual storage - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
- volatile storage - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
has: register - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

is a part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

same as: computer memory, computer storage, memory board, storage, store
The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes (synset 106149719)
"he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

is a type of: cognitive psychology - an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

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