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stick

Slang for memory module. RAM chips for personal computers are typically mounted on a thin, long printed circuit board (see memory module). A "stick of memory" is not the same as a Sony Memory Stick, which is a flash-based storage module for digital cameras (see Memory Stick). See also USB stick.

Two Sticks of Memory

Memory modules are typically housed on long, thin printed circuit boards like these two.

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stick

1. a small thin branch of a tree

2. 

a. any long thin piece of wood

b. such a piece of wood having a characteristic shape for a special purpose

c. a baton, wand, staff, or rod

3. See control stick

4. Informal the lever used to change gear in a motor vehicle

5. Nautical a mast or yard

6. Informal a rural area considered remote or backward (esp in the phrase in the sticks)

7. W and NW Canadian informal the wooded interior part of the country