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 |
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 |
core | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
core | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
core magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data, now superseded by semiconductor memories, each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
core bit | a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill, allows core samples to be taken |
core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole |
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 |
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magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
memory | something that is remembered, search as he would, the memory was lost |
engram memory trace | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory |
screen memory | an imagined memory of a childhood experience, hides another memory of distressing significance |
memory image | a mental image of something previously experienced |
memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
memory | the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes, he taught a graduate course on learning and memory |
core dump | (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU, usually used for debugging |
effect essence burden core gist | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
core nucleus core group | a small group of indispensable persons or things, five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program |
Congress of Racial Equality CORE | an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in to work for racial equality |
hard core | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement |
core | the center of an object, the ball has a titanium core |
core | the central part of the Earth |
core | a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |
computer memory unit | a unit for measuring computer memory |
hollow hollow out core out | remove the interior of, hollow out a tree trunk |
core | remove the core or center from, core an apple |
hard-core hardcore | extremely explicit, hard-core pornography |