memory
noun
[ ˈmɛm(ə)ri ]
• the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
• "I've a great memory for faces"
• something remembered from the past.
• "one of my earliest memories is of sitting on his knee"
• the part of a computer in which data or program instructions can be stored for retrieval.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor ‘mindful, remembering’.