memory
• noun (pl. memories) 1 the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. 2 a person or thing remembered. 3 the length of time over which people’s memory extends. 4 a computer’s equipment or capacity for storing data or program instructions for retrieval. — PHRASES in memory of so as to commemorate. — ORIGIN Old French memorie, from Latin memoria.
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