memoryedge
nounUK /ˈmɛməriɛdʒ/
US /ˈmɛməriɛdʒ/
The edge of your memory is the fuzzy line where you start to forget things.
I remember the song's tune, but the words are right at the memoryedge.
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2. The point at which a computer's stored data begins to become unreliable or lost.
The old hard drive reached its memoryedge and started losing files.
3. A boundary in a game or story where remembered events stop and new ones begin.
Crossing the memoryedge, the hero forgot his childhood.
4. The limit of how much a person can remember at one time.
After studying all night, she hit her memoryedge and couldn't learn more.