core memory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of core memory
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Before putting the property on the market, Barrymore seized the opportunity to make at least one more core memory there, when she celebrated her 51st birthday with some of her closest friends.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Doing so while playing the younger version of Zendaya, one of the biggest names in the industry, is a core memory moment for US actress Jordyn Curet.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“That was a core memory and a gateway to live concerts for me. To be part of it now and see how it works, it’s awesome.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
He visited the Paris Air Show as a boy with his father and has “a core memory of watching MIGs doing Cobra maneuvers overhead.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
See spam; see also aliasing bug, fandango on core, memory leak, memory smash, precedence lossage, overrun screw.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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