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Memory vs Chunking - What's the difference?

memory | chunking |

As nouns the difference between memory and chunking

is that memory is (uncountable) the ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will while chunking is (psychology) a strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.

As a verb chunking is

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memory

English

Alternative forms

* memorie (archaic)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
    • Memory is a facility common to all animals.
  • * (rfdate) Albert Schweitzer
    • Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory .
  • A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
    • I have no memory of that event.
  • (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
    • This data passes from the CPU to the memory .
  • The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
    • in recent memory'''''; ''in living '''memory
  • (attributive, of a material) which returns to its original
  • (obsolete) A memorial.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These weeds are memories of those worser hours.

    Synonyms

    * (ability to recall) recall * (stored record) recall, recollection * (RAM or ROM) core (old-fashioned )

    Derived terms

    * declarative memory * eidetic memory * false memory * flashbulb memory * folk memory * institutional memory * living memory * memory bank * memory card * memory foam * memory lane * photographic memory * recent memory * semantic memory * sensory memory * trip down memory lane

    Related terms

    * memo * memoirs * memorable * memorandum * memorate * memorial * memorise * memorize

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * remember * mnemonics

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    chunking

    English

    (wikipedia chunking)

    Noun

  • (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
  • (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
  • The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.

    • Verb

    (head)