memory bank

American  

noun

1. the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.

2. the total of a person's memories or recollections.

3. data bank.

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Etymology

Origin of memory bank

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In between that and bites of food that was our favorite — hardly able to enjoy it amidst the tension — he pulled something else from his memory bank to share about me, neither of us knowing that it would be one of our final moments face to face before he died of a heart attack, alone on his bathroom floor, just a few months later.

From Salon

“At the same time, the bear-market memory bank gauges of an ever-increasing percent of the population are now bouncing off empty: What could go wrong?”

From MarketWatch

Can a young investor, without actually living through a bear market, study enough history to adequately fill his memory bank?

From MarketWatch

To have that problem-solving in your memory bank will be vital.

From BBC

Now, after the 110 in the third one-day international against South Africa, he can store another in the memory bank; what it feels like to score your first professional century.

From BBC