memory
n 1: something that is remembered; "search as he would, the
memory was lost"
2: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is
remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed
remembering his father" [syn: {remembering}]
3: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he
had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: {retention},
{retentiveness}]
4: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are
attached" [syn: {storage}, {store}, {memory board}]
5: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory
processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and
memory"