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English

Alternative forms

• memorie (archaic)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek ????? (mn?m?, “memory”) ???????? (mérmeros, “anxious”), ??????? (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English mimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m(?)?i/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /?m?m(?)?i/
• Hyphenation: mem?o?ry, mem?ory

Noun

memory (countable and uncountable, plural memories)

1. (uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.

   Synonym: recall

2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

   Synonyms: recall, recollection

3. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

   Synonym: (dated) core
4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

5. (attributive, of a material) Which returns to its original shape when heated

6. (obsolete) A memorial.
7. (zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• in-memory

Related terms

Translations

See also

• memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• remember
• mnemonics

English

Noun

harddisk (plural harddisks)

1. Alternative form of hard disk

Czech

Alternative forms

• hard disk

Etymology

English hard disk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?rt d?sk]

Noun

harddisk m

1. hard disk, hard drive

   Synonym: pevný disk

Further reading

• hard disk in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddisker, definite plural harddiskene)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddiskar, definite plural harddiskane)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.