"memoryless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From memory + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|memory|less}} memory + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} memoryless (not comparable)
  1. Without a memory or memories. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-memoryless-en-adj-mB~~Z-7e
  2. (probability theory) Of a probability distribution, such that any derived probability from a set of random samples is distinct and has no information (i.e. "memory") of earlier samples. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-memoryless-en-adj-43jMlhxX Categories (other): Probability theory, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: memorylessness Related terms: stateless
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