mixedmemory
nounUK /ˌmɪkstˈmɛməri/
US /ˌmɪkstˈmɛməri/
A mixed memory is when you remember some parts of something but forget other parts.
I have a mixed memory of my first day at school, because I remember the big red door but not the name of my teacher.
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2. A memory that combines pieces from two or more different events into one.
Her mixed memory blended her fifth birthday with her cousin's party, so she thought both happened on the same day.
3. In computing, a storage system that uses more than one kind of memory technology together.
The new laptop uses mixed memory, pairing fast cache with slower main storage.
4. A feeling that is partly happy and partly sad when thinking about the past.
He had mixed memories of his old house, loving the garden but missing the friends who moved away.