short-term memory

short-term memory (uncountable)

1. (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.

   Synonym: STM

• long-term memory
• episodic memory
• procedural memory
• working memory

• “short-term memory” (US) / “short-term memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “short-term memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “short-term memory”, in Collins English Dictionary.