memorijom

Memorijom is the instrumental singular form of memorija, a feminine noun meaning memory in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. Memorija refers to the capacity to store and recall information, or to memory in computers and other devices. Memorijom marks the means or instrument by which an action is performed and can also be used in constructions that convey doing something by memory or with memory in a general sense. The form appears in standard grammar and is commonly found in formal, academic, and technical writing.

Etymology and cognates: memorija derives from Latin memoria, through Slavic linguistic development. The root memor- is attested in related vocabulary across the South Slavic languages and reflects the concept of memory or recollection.

Usage and scope: In everyday language memorija is used for both human memory and computer memory. The instrumental form memorijom is encountered in sentences describing the instrument or method used to achieve something, or in phrases that treat memory as a means. In computing contexts the term memorija is prevalent for memory hardware and software resources, and memorijom can appear in discourse about operations performed with memory technologies.

See also: Memory; Memorija (computing); List of memory-related terms.