We expect the billions of cells in our computer's memory (RAM) to work hours on end without failing. However, it took more than half a century to develop memory technologies like we have today.

(1) For Adobe's multimedia authoring and playback system, see Flash. Flash memory turned out to be a very poor naming choice, because flash memory is permanent storage and "not" temporary memory (RAM) ...

Memory refers to a process by which your brain takes in information, stores that information, and retrieves it later. You have three kinds of memory: Implicit memory is a type of long-term memory ...