" memory "

[Noun]  | "mem*o*ry" | \ ˈmem-rē \

1: the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms

2: the store of things learned and retained from an organism's activity or experience as evidenced by modification of structure or behavior or by recall and recognition

3: commemorative remembrance

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English memorie, from Anglo-French memoire, memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful; akin to Old English gemimor well-known, Greek mermēra care, Sanskrit smarati he remembers;

[Noun]  | "memory bank" 

1: a computer device or component in which information is stored to be retrieved as needed —often plural —often used figuratively especially for the part of the mind in which memories are stored

Origin: 1952 ;

[Noun]  | "memory card" 

1: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (such as a camera or cell phone)

Origin: 1974 ;

[Noun]  | "memory foam" 

1: a dense polyurethane foam that becomes more pliable when in contact with heat

Origin: 1977 ;

[Noun]  | "memory hole" 

1: the condition or state of being suppressed, erased, or forgotten (as for political or personal convenience) imagined as a physical place

Origin: 1956 ;

[Noun]  | "memory lane" 

1: an imaginary path through the nostalgically remembered past —usually used in such phrases as a walk down memory lane

Origin: 1903 ;

[Noun]  | "memory trace" 

1: a transient or long-term change in the brain that represents something (such as an experience) encoded as a memory : engram

Origin: 1901 ;

[Noun]  | "memory lapse" 

1: a period of time when a person forgets things that he or she should have remembered

[Noun]  | "bubble memory" 

1: a computer memory that uses magnetic bubbles to store information

Origin: 1969 ;

[Verb]  | "mem*o*ry-hole" | \ ˈmem-rē-ˌhōl \

1: to cause (facts, memories, etc. about the past) to be suppressed, erased, or forgotten (as for political or personal convenience)

Origin: 1980 ;

 Derivative of {see: |memory hole|memory hole};

[Noun]  | "memory" 

[Noun]  | "cache"