immediate memory

/ɪˌmidiət ˌmɛməri/
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Definitions of immediate memory
  1. noun
    what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
    synonyms: STM, short-term memory
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    type of:
    memory, remembering
    the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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