Memory

I was in a conversation this weekend where I needed to give the names of a few programming patterns. I barely managed to remember Singleton. About two minutes later, the names of others started arriving, much too late for that topic in the conversation. Yet, if I'd been asked what a certain pattern did, my memory would've brought them up immediately. I suppose trying to find a list of things that fit a group term is sometimes like using a non-indexed column in a query. (What really astounds me is when it takes me fifteen seconds to find the necessary words to explain I want the TV remote which is hiding behind a mug on the kitchen counter next to the coffee machine. Those should be indexed!)