memory

noun8

1. •
   the ability of the brain to keep information and bring it back to mind later

   • Memory is a facility common to all animals.
2. •
   A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.

   • I have no memory of that event.
   • My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
3. •
   The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

   • This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
4. •
   The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
5. •
   [before a noun] Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.
6. •
   (rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
7. •
   Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
8. •
   (no longer used) A memorial.

   • These weeds are memories of those worser hours. — 1603