| memory | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. memory | something that is remembered.; "search as he would, the memory was lost" |
| ~ reminiscence | a mental impression retained and recalled from the past. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ recollection | something recalled to the mind. |
| ~ engram, memory trace | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory. |
| ~ confabulation | (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered. |
| ~ screen memory | an imagined memory of a childhood experience; hides another memory of distressing significance. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. memory, remembering | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered.; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" |
| ~ basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge. |
| ~ immediate memory, short-term memory, stm | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it. |
| ~ working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking. |
| ~ long-term memory, ltm | your general store of remembered information. |
| ~ retrieval | the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory.; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor" |
| ~ recollection, reminiscence, recall | the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).; "he has total recall of the episode" |
| ~ recognition, identification | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" |
| ~ connexion, association, connection | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" |
| ~ retrospection | memory for experiences that are past.; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity | the power of retaining and recalling past experience.; "he had a good memory when he was younger" |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| ~ recollection, remembrance, anamnesis | the ability to recall past occurrences. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store | an electronic memory device.; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ computer hardware, hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system. |
| ~ memory device, storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval. |
| ~ non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off. |
| ~ fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. |
| ~ real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system. |
| ~ register | (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind. |
| ~ scratchpad | (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information. |
| ~ virtual memory, virtual storage | (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses. |
| ~ volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. memory | the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes.; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory" |
| ~ cognitive psychology | an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes. |
| recollection | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. anamnesis, recollection, remembrance | the ability to recall past occurrences. |
| ~ retentiveness, retentivity, retention, memory | the power of retaining and recalling past experience.; "he had a good memory when he was younger" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. recall, recollection, reminiscence | the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).; "he has total recall of the episode" |
| ~ remembering, memory | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered.; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" |
| ~ mind | recall or remembrance.; "it came to mind" |
| ~ reconstructive memory, reconstruction | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall. |
| ~ reproductive memory, reproduction | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall. |
| ~ regurgitation | recall after rote memorization.; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. recollection | something recalled to the mind. |
| ~ memory | something that is remembered.; "search as he would, the memory was lost" |
| recall | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. callback, recall | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair). |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| n. (communication) | 2. recall | a call to return.; "the recall of our ambassador" |
| ~ call | a request.; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" |
| n. (communication) | 3. recall | a bugle call that signals troops to return. |
| ~ bugle call | a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle. |
| n. (act) | 4. recall | the act of removing an official by petition. |
| ~ abrogation, repeal, annulment | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ recognize, recognise | perceive to be the same. |
| ~ brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| v. (communication) | 6. come back, hark back, recall, return | go back to something earlier.; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ go back, recur | return in thought or speech to something. |
| v. (stative) | 7. echo, recall | call to mind.; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| v. (communication) | 8. call back, recall | summon to return.; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. recall | cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| v. (social) | 10. recall | make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| ~ retire | withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds. |
| v. (possession) | 11. call back, call in, recall, withdraw | cause to be returned.; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ decommission | withdraw from active service.; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998" |
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