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Noun memory has 5 senses

memory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"
--₁ is a kind of representation, mental representation, internal representation
--₁ has particulars:
reminiscence; recollection; engram, memory trace; confabulation; screen memory

Derived form: verb memorize₁

memory, remembering - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
--₂ is a kind of basic cognitive process
--₂ has particulars:

short-term memory, STM, immediate memory; working memory; long-term memory, LTM; retrieval; recall, recollection, reminiscence; recognition, identification; association, connection, connexion; retrospection

Derived form: verb memorize₁

memory, retention, retentiveness - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
--₃ is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
--₃ has particulars: remembrance, recollection, anamnesis
Derived form: verb memorize₁
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"
--₄ is a kind of memory device, storage device; hardware, computer hardware
--₄ is a part of
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
--₄ has parts: register
--₄ has particulars:
non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage; read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage; real storage; scratchpad; virtual memory, virtual storage; volatile storage
memory - the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
--₅ is a kind of cognitive psychology