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main memory

noun

Computers.

program-addressable storage that is directly controlled by and generally contained in the CPU: except for cache storage, the fastest type of storage available to any computer system.

main memory

noun

the central memory-storage facility in a computer

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His main memory of that time is an overwhelming sense of poverty.

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My main memory of that stint was having to be there by 7 a.m., which meant getting up by 6.

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The France striker will leave Qatar as the tournament's top scorer after becoming the first man to score three goals in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in 1966 - but his main memory will be the pain of an agonising defeat.

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The mechanism for this effect centers on the brain’s main memory hub, the hippocampus.

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His main memory is that the encounter involved repainting the downstairs loo beforehand in case one of the royals needed to go.

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