Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WiktionaryThe Free Dictionary
Search

memory

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also:Memory

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

FromAnglo-Normanmemorie,Old Frenchmemoire etc., fromLatinmemoria(“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), frommemor(“mindful, remembering”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)mer- (to remember), related toAncient Greekμνήμη(mnḗmē,“memory”)μέρμερος(mérmeros,“anxious”),μέριμνα(mérimna,“care, thought”),Old Englishġemimor(“mindful, remembering”). More atmimmer.Doublet ofmemoir andmemoria. Displaced nativeOld Englishġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modernmind.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

memory (countable anduncountable,pluralmemories)

  2. (uncountable) Theability of thebrain torecordinformation orimpressions with thefacility ofrecalling them later, usuallyat will.
    Synonyms:recall,retention
    Memory is a facility common to all animals.
  3. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
    Synonyms:recall,recollection
    I have nomemory of that event.
    My wedding is one of my happiestmemories.
    Sam and his friends will never forget the happymemories of the field trip to France.
  5. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
    Synonym:(dated)core
    Hyponyms:RAM;random access memory;ROM;read-only memory;for more, see Wikipedia atcomputer memory § Volatility categories
    This data passes from the CPU to thememory.
    • 1987 July 27,Jerry Pournelle, “Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full”, inInfoWorld, volume 9, number30, InfoWorld Media Group Inc,page46:
      My first microcomputer had 12K ofmemory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all thememory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.
  6. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
    in recentmemory
    in livingmemory
  7. (attributive, of a material) Which returns to its originalshape whenheated
    memory metal
    memory plastic
  8. (obsolete) Amemorial.
  9. Synonym ofpelmanism(“memory card game”).
    • 2010 July 30, Paula Schwartz, “Lyndsea Cochrane and Ethan Cherkasky”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to sit and playedMemory and Yahtzee, both of which were new to Ms. Cochrane.
    • 2010, Jason Fincanon, “Advergaming and Applications”, inFlash Advertising: Flash Platform Development of Microsites, Advergames and Branded Applications, Burlington, MA:Focal Press,→ISBN, page183:
      One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game ofmemory, it's a matching game where you are presented with several cards in the facedown position.
  10. (zoology, collective, rare)Aterm of venery for asocialgroup ofelephants, normally called aherd.

Derived terms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Related terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
ability to recall
stored record
RAM or ROM
the time within which past events can be or are remembered
memory card game—seepelmanism
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

See also

[edit]

Dutch

[edit]
DutchWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianl

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed fromGermanMemory (aRavensburger trademark), fromEnglishmemory.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

memory n (uncountable,nodiminutive)

  1. pelmanism; amemorycard game in which apack ofcards is spread outface-down andplayers try to turn uppairs with the samesymbol.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=memory&oldid=88160113"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp