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.
5. [noun] (attributive) (of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated
6. [noun] (obsolete) A memorial.
7. [noun] Something that is remembered; 'search as he would, the memory was lost'.
8. [noun] The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; 'he can do it from memory'; 'he enjoyed remembering his father'.
9. [noun] The power of retaining and recalling past experience; 'he had a good memory when he was younger'.
10. [noun] An electronic memory device; 'a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached'.
11. [noun] The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; 'he taught a graduate course on learning and memory'.
