memorychunk
nounUK /ˈmɛməri tʃʌŋk/
US /ˈmɛməri tʃʌŋk/
A memorychunk is a small piece of memory that a computer keeps together.
The program stored the player's name in a memorychunk so it could find it again.
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2. A group of related facts that your brain remembers as one unit.
She grouped the phone number into memorychunks to remember it more easily.
3. A fixed-size packet of data sent between programs.
The server sent each memorychunk to the client in order.
4. A saved piece of a game's state kept in memory.
The game loads the level from a memorychunk when you press start.