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Is there a difference between 記憶 and メモリー ?

Both words mean "memory".
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Is there a difference between 記憶 and メモリー?
記憶 is the most normal word for "memory", or "information you remember".

メモリー is an English loanword, whose scope of use is far more limited. Today it
most often means _memory_ in computers. When referring to human memory, I
guess it is usually a synonym of 思い出, which is closer to "reminiscence" or
"past episode that evokes an emotion", or like _memory_ in "fond memory", but
still not used as frequent as its Japanese counterparts.

Note that 記憶 is also used as a computing term, but it means _store_ or
_storage_ rather than _memory_.
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