event | something that happens at a given place and time |
mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
error misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed |
rounding rounding error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals, the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding, taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small |
truncation error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
access memory access | (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information |
cache memory cache | (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated, used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics |
cassette recorder | a recorder for recording or playing cassettes |
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory | a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system), a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user |
erasable programmable read-only memory EPROM | (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data |
fipple flute fipple pipe recorder vertical flute | a tubular wind instrument with finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece |
flageolet treble recorder shepherd's pipe | a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes |
flash memory | nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew |
magnetic bubble memory | a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate, no longer used in most computers |
magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
magnetic recorder | recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
memory chip | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory |
memory device storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval |
multichannel recorder | a recorder with two or more channels, makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously |
random-access memory random access memory random memory RAM read write memory | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on, an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible |
read-only memory ROM read-only storage fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
read-only memory chip | a memory chip providing read-only memory |
recorder recording equipment recording machine | equipment for making records |
tape recorder tape machine | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape |
videocassette recorder VCR | a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs |
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 |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
erroneousness error | inadvertent incorrectness |
error wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable |
margin of safety safety margin margin of error | the margin required in order to insure safety, in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress |
demerit fault | the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection, they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel, he knew his own faults much better than she did |
memory retention retentiveness retentivity | the power of retaining and recalling past experience, he had a good memory when he was younger |
amnesia memory loss blackout | partial or total loss of memory, he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
memorization memorisation committal to memory | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim, the actor's memorization of his lines |
memory remembering | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered, he can do it from memory, he enjoyed remembering his father |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | 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 |
episodic memory personal memory | memory for episodes in your own life |
semantic memory | your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts |
motor memory muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
reconstruction reconstructive memory | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall |
reproduction reproductive memory | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall |
error erroneous belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect information |