Total Recall
Noun Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
An almost suspiciously complete memory of prior decisions, incidents, or technical details. In engineering slang, total recall is prized when reconstructing why the system became the way it is.
In plain English: An unusually complete memory of past details or events.
Example: "She had total recall for every auth migration since 2021, which made her unusually effective in the postmortem."