memory

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
  2. Noun.  A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
  3. Noun.  (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
  4. Noun.  The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

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