memory in WordNet English dictionary

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