Memory

There are two types of memory: short-term and long-term memory, or known as working memory and reference memory. Short-term memory, the ability to keep...

Computer memory is a temporary storage area. It holds the data and instructions that the Central Processing Unit (CPU) needs. Before a program can run...

Random-access memory (or simply RAM) is the memory or information storage in a computer that is used to store running programs and data for the programs...

A memory card is a form of flash memory that is used in a range of electronic devices such as a digital camera or video game console. The memory card stores...

Short term memory is the ability to keep information in mind for a short amount of time. Remembering a phone number long enough to find a piece of paper...

Flash memory is a memory storage device for computers and electronics. It is most often used in devices like digital cameras, USB flash drives, and video...

Read-only memory (or simply ROM) is a type of computer memory. Unlike RAM, it keeps its contents even when the computer or device is turned off. Usually...

A photographic memory, or eidetic memory, is the ability to remember images or objects in great detail after seeing them for only a short time. The existence...

Virtual Memory is a way of managing memory which is a recent trend of technology used in computers. Hardware (the physical part of the computer, such as...

Long-term memory (LTM) is our memory of past events. It follows from short-term memory, and involves the growth of nerve synapses which are very long-lasting...

Sensory memory (SM) is an automatic response, not under conscious control. It deals with the input from the senses. The information people received which...

In computer science, a memory address identifies the place in the computer memory where a computer program or a hardware device can store data and later...

Implicit memory is a part of memory where previous experiences of how to do a task helps with doing the task again. Implicit memory is unconscious memory: the...

Non-volatile memory (NVM) is a type of computer memory that can hold its data even when the computer’s power is turned off. Unlike volatile memory, it does...

Dynamic random access memory is the most commonly used form of RAM. DRAM is called dynamic (or active), because it must be refreshed all the time or it...

uses memory. In some cases, a poorly-written program may incorrectly manage the memory that has been given to it. As a consequence, the memory that was...

Amnesia is what doctors call a loss or disturbance of memory. It is a loss of memory, that is to say, a person cannot remember certain things. Amnesia...

Memory (PROM) is a type of read-only memory (ROM) that can be programmed directly by the user using a special PROM programmer. It is a control memory...

The Persistence of Memory (Spanish: La persistencia de la memoria; Catalan: La persistència de la memòria) is a painting by artist Salvador Dalí. It was...

Midnight Memories is the third album by the British-Irish boy band One Direction. The album was made released or made public on 25 November 2013. It is...