memory
     n 1: something that is remembered; "search as he would, the
          memory was lost"
     2: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is
        remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed
        remembering his father" [syn: {remembering}]
     3: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he
        had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: {retention},
        {retentiveness}]
     4: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
        central part of a computer to which peripherals are
        attached" [syn: {computer memory}, {storage}, {computer
        storage}, {store}, {memory board}]
     5: the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory
        processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and
        memory"
Source: WordNet® 2.0