noun pl. memories -·ries

1. the power, act, or process of recalling to mind facts previously learned or past experiences
2. the total of what one remembers
3. a person, thing, happening, or act remembered
4. the length of time over which remembering extends a happening within the memory of living men
5. commemoration or remembrance in memory of his father
6. the fact of being remembered; posthumous reputation
7. plastic memory
8. Electronics
   1. a device in a computer, guidance system, etc., designed to accept, store, and recall information or instructions; specif., random-access memory
   2. storage or storage capacity as of a computer, disk, etc.

Etymology: ME memorie < OFr < L memoria < memor, mindful, remembering < IE *mimoro-, redupl. of base *(s)mer-, to remember, recall > merit