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A cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: memory, remembering
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ذاكرة عاملة
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Catalan:
memòria de treball
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Danish:
arbejdshukommelse
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Dutch:
werkgeheugen
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Estonian:
töömälu
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Finnish:
työmuisti
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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French:
mémoire de travail
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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German:
Arbeitsgedächtnis
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Hebrew:
זיכרון עבודה
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Hungarian:
munkamemória
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Italian:
memoria di lavoro
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Japanese:
ワーキングメモリ
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Kazakh:
қызметтік жады
(qyzmettık jady)
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Persian:
حافظه کاری
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Polish:
pamięć robocza
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Portuguese:
memória de trabalho
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Russian:
рабо́чая па́мять
(rabóčaja pámjatʹ)
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Serbo-Croatian:
radna memorija
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Spanish:
memoria de trabajo
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Swedish:
arbetsminne
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Turkish:
çalışma belleği
— cognitive system with a limited capacity
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Ukrainian:
робоча пам'ять
(roboča pamʺjatʹ)
— cognitive system with a limited capacity