memory definition

1. something that is remembered
• examples: search as he would, the memory was lost
2. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
• examples: he can do it from memory
• examples: he enjoyed remembering his father
3. the power of retaining and recalling past experience
• examples: he had a good memory when he was younger
4. an electronic memory device
• examples: a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
5. the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
• examples: he taught a graduate course on learning and memory