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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.


Etymology

Origin of memory bank

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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“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

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.

From BBC