| trick fast one a | a cunning or deceitful action or device, he played a trick on me, he pulled a fast one and got away with it |
| fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
| fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
fast fasting | abstaining from food |
| 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 |
| fast lane | the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly |
| fast reactor | nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used |
| 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magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |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 |
| fast lane | a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation, life in fashion's fast lane has taught her a lot |
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 |
| fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
fast buck quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
| computer memory unit | a unit for measuring computer memory |
| fast time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one |
| fast day | a day designated for fasting |
| major fast day | one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar |
| minor fast day | one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar |
Tishah b'Av Tishah b'Ab Tisha b'Av Tisha b'Ab Ninth of Av Ninth of Ab Fast of Av Fast of Ab | (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem |
| Fast of Gedaliah | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah |
| Fast of Tevet | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevetcommemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust |
| Fast of Esther | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people, the fast is connected with Purim |