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The storage area for information and applications within or connected to a computer. Memory within a computer can be stored on the hard drive, which is retained when the computer is turned off, or in RAM (random access memory), which is not, or in ROM. Information can also be stored externally on floppy disks and CDs. In all cases, the technique involves magnetic memory storage.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Just a few short years ago, I sat down at my computer, and I typed out a similar goodbye letter.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
So intelligent were her methods that she doubtless had great influence in making the memory of his art enduring.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
However great the power of Revival, there is no memory unless there was a First Impression.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
First Impressions are usually vivid but the power to revive them is weak—a poor memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
First Impressions are usually weak but the power to revive them is strong—still a poor memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

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