long-term memory

long-term memory

n.

Abbr. LTM The phase of the memory process considered the permanent storehouse of retained information.

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long-term memory,

the ability to recall sensations, events, ideas, and other information for long periods of time without apparent effort. It is generally the last memory store to be destroyed in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Compare short-term memory.

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memory,

n 1. the ability to recall events, experiences, information, and skills.
n 2. a general term for a device that stores data in binary code on electronic or magnetic media in computers.
n 3. the ability of the immune system to greatly speed up the response to pathogens that have previously been encountered. See also immunity.

memory cycle,

n the time it takes to access a character in memory.

memory location,

n a place in the memory where a unit of data may be stored or retrieved.

memory, long-term,

n the ability to recall events, experiences, information, or skills that occurred or were acquired in the distant past.

memory register,

n a register in storage of a computer, in contrast with a register in one of the other units of the computer.

memory, short-term,

n the ability to retain and recall recent events or experiences.

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long-term memory

Anterograde memory, long-term potentiation, remote memory Neurology Memory in which information is stored in a permanent or semipermanent fashion. See Memory. Cf Short-term (immediate) memory.