WHAT IS MEMORY

 Memory is a system or process that stores what we learn for future

use . Our memory has three basic functions:
 ENCODING
 STORING
 RETRIEVING INFORMATION

ENCODING STORAGE RETRIEVAL

 How memory functions works in CPU
 IN computing memory refers to the computer hardware devices used to store the
information for the immediate use in computer, it is synonymous with the term primary
storage, computer memory operate at the high speed for example random access
memory(RAM)
As the distinctions from a storage that provide the slow-to-access program and data
storage but offers higher capacities. If needed contents of the computer memory can be
transferred to the secondary memory, through the memory management technique called
“virtual memory” an archaic for a memory is store.
It is amazing how many different types of electronic memory you encounter in daily life .
Many of them have become and integral part of our vocabulary:
RAM,ROM,CACHE,DYNAMIC RAM,STATIC RAM,FLASH MEMORY, VIRTUAL
MEMORY, VEDIO MEMOR , BIOS .
COMPUTER MEMORY BASIS
 ENCODING
WE GET INFORMATION INTO OUR BRAINS THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED
ENCODING, WHICH IS THE INPUT OF INFORMATION INTO THE MEMORY
SYSTEM. ONCE WE RECEIVE SENSORY INFORMATION FROM THE
ENVIRONMENT, OUR BRAIN LABEL OR CODE IT .

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF ENCODING

† SEMANTIC ENCODING: THE ENCODING OF WORDS AND THEIR MEANING

IS KNOWN AS SEMANTIC ENCODING
† VISUAL ENCODING : THE ENCODING OF IMAGES
† ACOUSTIC ENCODING : THE ENCODING OF SOUND AND WORDS .
 STORAGE
ONCE THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN ENCODED,WE HAVE TO SOME HOW
HAVE TO RETAIN IT . OR BRAIN TAKE THE ENCODED INFORMATION AND
PLACE IT AT THE STORAGE . STORE IS THE CREATION OF PERMANENT
RECORD OF INFORMATION

IN ORDER FOR A MEMORY TO GO INTO STORAGE, IT HAS TO PASS THROUGH

THREE DISTINCT STAGES : SENSORY MEMORY, SHORT-TERM MERORY AND
FINALLY LONG TERM MEMORY.

SENSORY SHORT TERM LONG TERM

SENSORY INPUT
MEMORY MEMORY(STM) MEMORY(LTM)
 RETRIEVAL

THE ACT OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT OF MEMORY STORAGE AND BACK INTO CONSCIOUS
AWARENESS IS KNOWN AS RETRIEVAL. THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO FINDING AND OPENING A
PAPER YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY SAVED ON YOUR COMPUTER’S HARDWARE .

NOW IT’S BACK ON YOUR DESKTOP AND YOU CAN WORK WITH IT AGAIN . OUR ABILITY TO
RETRAIN INFORMATION FROM LONG TERM MEMORY IS VITAL TO OUR EVERYDAY
FUNCTIONING .

THERE ARE THREE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN RETRAIN INFORMATION :

† RECALL : IT MEANS YOU CAN ACCESS INFORMATION WITHOUT CLUES.
† RECOGNITION : IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU IDENTIFY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE
PREVIOUSLY LARNED AFTER ENCOUNTERING IT AGAIN
† RELEARNING : IT INVOLVES LEARNING INFORMATION THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY LEARNED .