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The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
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Memory is a facility common to all animals.
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A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
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I have no memory of that event.
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The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
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This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
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The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
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in recent memory; in living memory
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(of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated
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Memory metal; memory plastic.
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A memorial.
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(collective) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.