memory bank

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of memory bank¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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.

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Rangers deserve credit for their doggedness in a crisis - and that's pretty much all you can say about a game that will scarcely see out the night in the memory bank.

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"That's definitely logged in the memory bank."

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Hood Historian, has served as the memory bank for L.A. and its surrounding areas.

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Many of those making their way towards the tumult of the city were not born when Newcastle last tasted success – and those who were would have had to dredge deep into their memory bank to recall it.

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