main memory

noun

, Computers.

1. 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

1. the central memory-storage facility in a computer

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Seattle Times

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.

From BBC

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

From Scientific American

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

From BBC