memory
English Thesaurus
1. an electronic memory device (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | computer hardware, hardware, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | real storage, |
| definition | : | the main memory in a virtual memory system (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | scratchpad, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | virtual memory, virtual storage, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | volatile storage, |
| definition | : | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | register, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.artifact) |
2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience (noun.cognition)
3. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | basic cognitive process, |
| definition | : | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | working memory, |
| definition | : | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | long-term memory, ltm, |
| definition | : | your general store of remembered information (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | retrieval, |
| definition | : | the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | recall, recollection, reminiscence, |
| definition | : | the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | identification, recognition, |
| definition | : | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | retrospection, |
| definition | : | memory for experiences that are past (noun.cognition) |
4. something that is remembered (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | reminiscence, |
| definition | : | a mental impression retained and recalled from the past (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | recollection, |
| definition | : | something recalled to the mind (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | engram, memory trace, |
| definition | : | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | confabulation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | screen memory, |
| definition | : | an imagined memory of a childhood experience; hides another memory of distressing significance (noun.cognition) |
5. the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | cognitive psychology, |
| definition | : | an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes (noun.cognition) |
6. the power of retaining and recalling past experience (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | retain, |
| definition | : | keep in one's mind (verb.cognition) |
7. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | remember, think back, |
| definition | : | recapture the past; indulge in memories (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | remember, |
| definition | : | exercise, or have the power of, memory (verb.cognition) |
8. something that is remembered (noun.cognition)
9. the power of retaining and recalling past experience (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | retain, |
| definition | : | keep in one's mind (verb.cognition) |
10. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | remember, think back, |
| definition | : | recapture the past; indulge in memories (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | remember, |
| definition | : | exercise, or have the power of, memory (verb.cognition) |
11. something that is remembered (noun.cognition)
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