Definition of "memory" in İngilizce

noun

1. (uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

   • Memory is a facility common to all animals.

2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

   • I have no memory of that event.
   • My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
   • Sam and his friends will never forget the happy memories of the field trip to France.

3. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

   • This data passes from the CPU to the memory.

4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

   • in recent memory
   • in living memory

5. (attributive, of a material) Which returns to its original shape when heated

   • memory metal
   • memory plastic

6. (obsolete) A memorial.

7. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).

8. (zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.