Comparison
Memory: short-termvsMemory: long-term
Memory: short-term
Short-term memory is the current context window.
Memory: long-term
Long-term memory is anything persisted outside it (a database, files, a vector store) and selectively reloaded.
The difference
Short-term memory is the current context window; long-term memory is anything persisted outside it (a database, files, a vector store) and selectively reloaded. All 'memory' features are retrieval systems wearing a friendly name.
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