memory-linked
|mem-o-ry-linked|
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/ˈmɛməriˌlɪŋkt/
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/ˈmeməriˌlɪŋkt/
connected to memory
Etymology
'memory-linked' originates from English, specifically the words 'memory' and 'link(ed)', where 'memory' comes from Latin 'memoria' meaning 'remembrance' and 'link'/ 'linked' comes from Germanic roots meaning 'to connect or bind'.
'memory' derives from Latin 'memoria' (through Old French and Middle English) and became Middle English 'memory'; 'link' developed from Old English/Old Norse roots (e.g. Old Norse 'hlekkr') into Middle English 'link', and the past-participle form 'linked' has long been used to mean 'connected'. The compound modern form 'memory-linked' is a recent English formation combining these elements.
Initially, the elements referred separately to 'remembrance' ('memory') and 'a connection or ring' ('link'); over time the compound came to mean 'connected to stored information or recollection' in modern usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a connection or linkage to a memory or stored information (as a noun phrase 'a memory link').
The software created a memory link between the cached item and its source.
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Adjective 1
connected with or associated to memory; having a link to stored information (can refer to human memory or computer memory).
The system uses memory-linked caches to speed up data retrieval.
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