1. The power of retaining and recalling past experience
   "he had a good memory when he was younger"; "His remarkable retentiveness allowed him to quote entire books from memory"; "The retentivity of his memory allowed him to quote entire books from memory";
   - retention, retentiveness, retentivity
    
2. The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
   "he can do it from memory";
   - remembering
    
3. Something that is remembered
   "search as he would, the memory was lost"
    
4. The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
   "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
    
5. A component or device where digital data can be retained for later use
   "this computer needs its memory upgrading";
   - storage, store

Derived forms: memories

Type of: basic cognitive process, cognitive psychology, computer hardware, faculty, hardware, internal representation, memory device, mental faculty, mental representation, module, representation, storage device

Part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

Encyclopedia: Memory, Truth and Justice processes