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Memory
/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
“Memory is a facility common to all animals.”
- noun
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
“I have no memory of that event.”
- noun
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.”
Where it comes from
Memory comes from Latin memoria, mindfulness or remembrance, from memor, mindful. English borrowed it in the Middle Ages through French. It names both the power of keeping the past and one particular thing you keep.
In a sentence
- Everybody has memory problems.by CK, Tatoeba
- Memory sometimes plays tricks.by sundown, Tatoeba
- What a beautiful memory!by CK, Tatoeba
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