short memory
71Memory span — The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short term memory). In a typical test of memory span, an examiner reads a list of random numbers aloud at about the rate… …
72memory — The power of the mind to think of a past that no longer exists poses both empirical, psychological problems, and more abstract philosophical ones. The scientist wants to know how the brain stores its memories, and whether the mechanism is similar …
73short-term memory — /ʃɔt tɜm ˈmɛmri/ (say shawt term memree) noun the part of the memory that can store small amounts of information for a short period, as used in dialling telephone numbers, etc. Compare long term memory …
74Short-circuit evaluation — Evaluation strategies Strict evaluation Applicative order Call by value Call by reference Call by sharing Call by copy restore Non strict evaluation Normal order Call by name Call by need/Lazy evaluation Call by …
75short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …
76short of — 1 we are short of nurses: DEFICIENT IN, lacking, wanting, in need of, low on, short on, missing; informal strapped for, pushed for, minus. 2 short of searching everyone, there is nothing we can do: APART FROM, other than …
77memory span — noun The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short term memory). [ …
78Memory, long-term — A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information stored as long term memory may be available for a lifetime. Long term memory is in contrast to short term memory (as I recall) …
79memory span — noun : the greatest amount (as the longest series of letters or digits) that can be perfectly reproduced by the subject after a single presentation by the experimenter * * * memory span noun (psychology) The capacity of a person s short term… …
80short-term memory — UK / US noun [uncountable] the part of your memory that remembers recent events or things that you only need to know for a short period of time …
