whole
unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity, how big is that part compared to the whole?, the team is a unit |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
management
direction | the act of managing something, he was given overall management of the program, is the direction of the economy a function of government? |
| database management | creation and maintenance of a database |
| line management | administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output |
| access memory access | (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-
GBU- | a , pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding, used to penetrate hardened underground facilities |
| 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 |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
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 |
loudspeaker
speaker
speaker unit
loudspeaker system
speaker system | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
| 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core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |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 |
round unit of ammunition
one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
semiconductor device
semiconductor unit
semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material |
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 |
visual display unit
VDU | (British) British term for video display |
| wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
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 |
| unit | a single undivided whole, an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another |
| 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 |
industrial engineering
industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
| memory | the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes, he taught a graduate course on learning and memory |
language unit
linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
database management system
DBMS | a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database |