memory bank

noun

: a computer device or component in which information is stored to be retrieved as needed

—often plural

But it turned out the spacecraft's computer had overloaded trying to do two things at once—receive instructions for the flyby while compressing images in its memory banks.

—Kenneth Chang

—often used figuratively especially for the part of the mind in which memories are stored

Here's something I pulled up from the memory bank the other day, after cruising the mystery aisles of my neighborhood bookstore …

—Marilyn Stasio

The same two hormones, it now appears, also prime the brain to take very special note in its memory banks of the circumstance that set off the [fight-or-flight] reaction.

—Daniel Goleman

Examples of memory bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Creative director Tremaine Emory taps into the memory bank of his youth, transforming his neighborhood bodega into a full-on cultural capsule. —Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 14 May 2025

Analytics Tools To Help You With B2B Marketing • CRM Systems: Think of CRM platforms like Salesforce or HubSpot as your marketing memory bank. —Andrew Faridani, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Archives and generational memory banks in Altadena and the Palisades were lost completely and forever. —Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025

When the Doctor is planning to break into memory banks to search for answers about why robots and people suddenly stopped peacefully coexisting, Belinda decides to use a polishing robot to lead the robots to her. —Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for memory bank

• antitank
• interbank
• mountebank
• riverbank
• banc
• blank
• clank
• crank
• dank
• drank
• flank
• franc