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Phrases 190
- memory cardA solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
- flash memoryA rewritable memory chip that retains its data without a power supply.
- memory foamFoam consisting of polyurethane and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of pillows, mattresses, laptop sleeves, etc., which reacts to body heat and molds to the shape of the body.
- memory leakAny of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.
- memory laneAn imaginary path along which one can take a nostalgic or sentimental journey through one's memories of the past.
- working memoryA cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.
- virtual memoryMemory that appears to be RAM but is being simulated (by a process called paging) on a hard disk; allows a computer to operate as if it had more memory than it actually does, but with some loss of performance
- memory stickOne of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.
- memory cardsplural of memory card: A solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
- main memoryVolatile memory forming most of a computer’s primary storage, not including cache memory (central processing unit cache) and secondary storage (mass storage).
- short-term memoryThe capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.
- long-term memoryThe stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model where informative knowledge is held indefinitely.
- core memoryA type of non-volatile random-access rewritable electronic memory using ferrite cores to magnetically store binary digits (bits).
- read-only memoryA computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.
- Shared-memory
- long memoryThe ability to remember events that occurred a long time ago.
- memory holeA figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.
- volatile memoryComputer memory (such as RAM) that requires a constant electrical charge to maintain its contents.
- living memoryMan's collective memory of the past.
- muscle memoryThe ability to reproduce a particular movement using subconscious neuromuscular control which is acquired as a result of the physiological adaptation of the body to repetition of the movement.
- memory boxA box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.
- memory careThe care of a patient suffering from a memory disorder.
- memory pageA page in a book (e.g., a scrapbook) where one can write down special memories and insert mementoes.
- Memory Loss
- Computer Memory
Compound words 16
- memexA proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls and microfilm equipment, that would permit a researcher to follow and annotate topics of interest, analogous to later hypertext technologies.
- memoristOne who, or that which, causes to be remembered.
- memoryfulEquipped with a memory; capable of retaining information about what has happened before.
- memorycideThe deliberate destruction of all traces and physical reminders of a people.
- memristorA passive electrical element in which the electrical resistance is proportional to the integral of the electrical current between the terminals.
- memoriedHaving a memory (of a given kind).
- postmemoryA relationship that people of subsequent generations bear to the trauma of their forebears, which they cannot directly remember but rather know through stories, imagery, and behaviour.
- metamemoryA type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.
- forgetteryA poor memory that is inclined to forget things.
- memcapacitanceThe capacitance of a memcapacitor.