Memory (disambiguation) explained

Memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information.

Memory or Memories may also refer to:

Memory

• Adaptive memory, memory systems that have evolved to help retain survival-and-fitness related information
• Collective memory, memory that is shared, passed on and constructed by a group or modern society
• Immunological memory, a characteristic of the adaptive immunity
• Long memory, a statistical property in which intertemporal dependence decays only slowly
• Long-term memory, the ability of the brain to store and recover memories
• Working memory or short-term memory, the ability of the brain (or a computer) to temporarily store data while processing it
• Body memory, the hypothetical memory function of individual body parts or cells
• Implicit memory, a type in which previous experiences help to perform a task with no awareness of those experiences
• Procedural memory, a type most frequently below conscious awareness that helps perform particular types of action
  • Muscle memory is a form of procedural memory also known as motor learning
• Genetic memory (psychology), present at birth and exists in the absence of sensory experience

Technology

• Battery memory, an effect observed in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries that causes them to hold less charge
• Semiconductor memory, electronic memory used in digital electronics, for example:
  • Computer memory, devices that are used to store data or programs on a temporary or permanent basis for use in a computer
  • Read-only memory, semiconductor memory that cannot be modified
  • Volatile memory, semiconductor memory that requires power to maintain the stored information
  • Non-volatile memory, semiconductor memory that can retain the stored information even when not powered
• Computer data storage, computer components, devices, and recording media that retain digital data
• Plastic deformation of some elastic material that has been subjected to prolonged stress.
• Memory foam, a material that molds to the shape of a warm body but returns to its original shape on cooling
• Shape-memory alloy can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated

Art

• Memory (French), an 1886–1887 marble sculpture by Daniel Chester French
• Memory (Dallin), a 1924 bronze sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin
• Memory, the Heart, also known as Memory, a 1937 painting by Frida Kahlo

Books

• "Memory" (H. P. Lovecraft), a short story by H.P. Lovecraft
• "Memory" (Poul Anderson), a 1957 science fiction narration by Poul Anderson
• "Memory" (Stephen King), a short story by Stephen King
• Memory (Bujold novel), a 1996 novel in the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Memory (Westlake novel), a 2010 novel by Donald E. Westlake
• Memory, a 1987 novel by Margaret Mahy

Film and television

• Memory, a 1971 documentary by Grigori Chukhrai
• Memories (1995 film), a 1995 anime film by Otomo Katsuhiro
• Memory, 2004 short film featuring Kimberly Norris Guerrero
• Memory (2006 film), a techno-thriller by Bennett Joshua Davlin
• Memory (2008 film), a Thai horror film
• Memories (2013 film), a Malayalam film
• Memories (2014 film), a French film
• "Memories" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
• Memory (TV series), a 2016 South Korean drama
• Memory (2022 film), an American action-thriller film starring Liam Neeson
• Memory (2023 film), an English-language drama film starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard

Music

• Memories (radio network), or Unforgettable Favorites

Albums

• Memory (Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards album), 2016
• Memory (EP), by Mamamoo, 2016
• Memory (Vivian Girls album), 2019
• Memory, a 2018 Hélène Grimaud album
• Memories (Pat Boone album), 1966
• Memories (Abdullah Ibrahim album), 1973
• Memories (mind.in.a.box album), 2015
• Memories (Barbra Streisand album), 1981
• Memories (The Vogues album), 1968
• Memories (Doc Watson album), 1975
• , a 1987 compilation album by Elaine Paige
• , a 1998 Elvis Presley compilation album
• Memories...Do Not Open, a 2017 album by The Chainsmokers

Songs

• "Memory" (Cats song), a song from the 1981 musical Cats
• "Memory" (Sugarcult song), 2004
• "Memory" (Kane Brown and Blackbear song), 2021
• "Memory", a 1912 art song by the classical composer John Ireland on lyrics by the poet William Blake
• "Memory", a 1959 art song by the classical composer Ned Rorem on lyrics by the poet Theodore Roethke
• "Memory", a 2007 song by Sarah Nixey from Sing, Memory
• "Memory", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox
• "Memories" (1915 song), by Egbert Van Alstyne and Gustave Kahn
• "Memories" (Hugh Hopper song), a 1960s song covered by Daevid Allen, Robert Wyatt, Whitney Houston, and others
• "Memories" (Elvis Presley song), 1968
• "Memories" (David Guetta song), 2010
• "Memories" (Harold Faltermeyer song), 1986
• "Memories" (Public Image Ltd song), 1979
• "Memories" (Vamps song), 2010
• "Memories" (Within Temptation song), 2005
• "Memories" (Weezer song), 2010
• "Memories", by One Ok Rock, 2015
• "Memories" (Maroon 5 song), 2019
• "Memories", by Beverley Craven
• "Memories", by Earth and Fire
• "Memories", by Joe Satriani from the album Not of This Earth
• "Memories", by Leonard Cohen from the album Death of a Ladies' Man
• "Memories", by Morris Albert
• "Memories", by Panic! At The Disco from the album Vices & Virtues
• "Memories", by Super Junior from the album Mr. Simple
• "Memories", by The Temptations from the album A Song for You
• "Memories", by Shawn Mendes from the album Handwritten (Revisited)
• "Memories", by Margaret Glaspy from the 2023 album Echo the Diamond

Other

• Pamyat (Память, "memory"), a Russian ultra-nationalist organization

See also

• Meme
• Art of memory
• Concentration (game) or "Memory", a card game
• Shape memory alloy
• "The Way We Were" (song), which includes the lyrics "Memories, light the corners of my mind"