memory bank
noun
: a computer device or component in which information is stored to be retrieved as needed —often plural
But it turned out the spacecraft's computer had overloaded trying to do two things at once—receive instructions for the flyby while compressing images in its memory banks.
Kenneth Chang
—often used figuratively especially for the part of the mind in which memories are stored Kenneth Chang Here's something I pulled up from the memory bank the other day, after cruising the mystery aisles of my neighborhood bookstore … Marilyn StasioThe same two hormones, it now appears, also prime the brain to take very special note in its memory banks of the circumstance that set off the [fight-or-flight] reaction. Daniel Goleman
Marilyn StasioThe same two hormones, it now appears, also prime the brain to take very special note in its memory banks of the circumstance that set off the [fight-or-flight] reaction. Daniel Goleman
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The girl on the swing and the blocks of cheese at every table are locked in my memory bank. Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Aug. 2022 The latest Derby della Madonnina isn’t one that Milan fans will want to keep in the memory bank for long. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 Whatever experience attached to it lodged too deeply in my memory bank to be accessible. Genevieve Fullan, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2022 Some of the movie’s most affecting moments — ushered along by the music of Aska Matsumiya and Ryuichi Sakamoto — find Jake sifting through Yang’s memory bank, a trove of short video clips that provide a window into what may be independent thoughts. Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 So much so that Garghetti has kept the 49-year-old yacht in pristine condition, partly as a memory bank, partly because of her love of the sea, but mostly as a shrine to her parents, who instilled that love in her. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022 Miller has the chance to add to his memory bank Sunday when his Los Angeles Rams visit Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a berth in the NFC championship game. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2022 Everything is soaking up and going in your memory bank. Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021 The typical computer architecture has a compute section (one or more CPUs or GPUs) and a memory bank. Karl Freund, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 See More
Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Aug. 2022 The latest Derby della Madonnina isn’t one that Milan fans will want to keep in the memory bank for long. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 Whatever experience attached to it lodged too deeply in my memory bank to be accessible. Genevieve Fullan, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2022 Some of the movie’s most affecting moments — ushered along by the music of Aska Matsumiya and Ryuichi Sakamoto — find Jake sifting through Yang’s memory bank, a trove of short video clips that provide a window into what may be independent thoughts. Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 So much so that Garghetti has kept the 49-year-old yacht in pristine condition, partly as a memory bank, partly because of her love of the sea, but mostly as a shrine to her parents, who instilled that love in her. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022 Miller has the chance to add to his memory bank Sunday when his Los Angeles Rams visit Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a berth in the NFC championship game. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2022 Everything is soaking up and going in your memory bank. Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021 The typical computer architecture has a compute section (one or more CPUs or GPUs) and a memory bank. Karl Freund, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above