| 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 |
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core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |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 |
| 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 |
| computer memory unit | a unit for measuring computer memory |
by heart
by memory | by committing to memory, she knew the poem by heart |