Usually means: Temporary storage for recent information.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word short-term memory:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. short-term memory: Merriam-Webster
  2. short-term memory, short-term memory: Collins English Dictionary
  3. short-term memory: Vocabulary.com
  4. short-term memory: Wiktionary
  5. short-term memory: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. short-term memory: Dictionary.com
  7. Short-term memory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. short-term memory: Rhymezone
  9. short-term memory: FreeDictionary.org
  10. short-term memory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. short-term memory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. short-term memory: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. short-term memory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. short-term memory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Memory, short-term, Short-term memory: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. short-term memory: Medical dictionary
  7. Memory, short-term, Short-term memory: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (short-term memory)

noun:  (psychology) The capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

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