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	acronym - Wiktionary
		The third sense is often criticized by commentators who prefer the term initialism for abbreviations that are not pronounced like an ordinary word.
		Acronyms are generally written with all letters in upper case.
		Some acronyms are treated as words in their own right and are written in lower case (such as scuba or radar).
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/Acronym (223 words)

	Lunar phase
		The acronym mnemonic "DOC" represents this ("D" is the waxing Moon; "O" the full moon; and "C" the waning moon).
		In the Southern hemisphere, this is reversed, and the mnemonic is "COD".
		A french mnemonic is that the waxing moon at its first "premier" quarter phase looks like a 'p', and the waning moon at its last "dernier" quarter looks like a 'd'.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lu/Lunar_phase.html (611 words)

	Mnemonic acronym system: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		A french mnemonic is that the waxing moon at its first premier...
		The acronym HOMES is also a mnemonic aid that can be used to remember the name of...for remembering arbitrary numbers or number sequences use numerological (lit.
		The acronym mnemonic "DOC" represents this ("D" is the waxing Luna; "O" the full moon; and "C" the waning moon).
	www.encyclopedian.com /ac/Acronym-mnemonic.html (562 words)

	The Access Center - USING MNEMONIC INSTRUCTION TO TEACH MATH (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mnemonic instruction is a set of strategies designed to help students improve their memory of new information.
		Mnemonics are particularly helpful in teaching students with disabilities who have difficulty recalling verbal and content-area information, as they are effective with any type of verbal content.
		Mnemonics are used in teaching math facts, order of operations, measurement, geometry, problem-solving techniques, and other areas of math.
	www.k8accesscenter.org /training_resources/mnemonics_math.asp (1110 words)

	Mnemonic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many mnemonics have been devised for remembering digits of pi consisting of phrases or verses in successive digits of pi are obtained by the number of letters in each word.
		Another mnemonic for the days of months is not a rhyme or a but a gestalt.
		Mnemonic techniques should be used conjunction with active recall to actually be beneficial.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mnemonic_techniques (1768 words)

	acronyms finder dictionary and abreviations finder dictionary - acronyms and abreviations list, definitions and funny ...
		Other acronyms have meanings, usually amusing and ironic, which have been formed in reverse, ie., by starting with a word, especially a brand name, treating it as an acronym, and finding words to fit each of the letters, for example the acronyms ACRONYM and YAHOO.
		Military acronym, which implied a few days in the punishment block for the absconder when apprehended, the expression is now well established in life generally and applied to any missing, lost or wandered-off person or item causing breach of rules or mere inconvenience.
		This form of the acronym is of course eminently transferable to all orgnisational situations where managers fail to notice their mistakes, and also fail to notice the generosity of their staff, who bail them out and never mention a thing....
	www.businessballs.com /acronyms.htm (14197 words)

	Appendix I: On Mnemonics
		Appendix I..On Mnemonics A "mnemonic" is any method that helps you remember something that you have learned well enough to recognize, but perhaps not yet well enough to recall.
		But if you want to include mnemonics in your memory repertoire, you will have to spend a reasonable amount of time learning how to recognize those situations for which mnemonics might be useful, which of the various mnemonic techniques best suits that situation, and then devising some mnemonic that is likely to work for you.
		Acronyms An acronym is a short name formed by combining the first letters of the complete name.
	www.unm.edu /~quadl/college_learning/mnemonics.html (2736 words)

	Making The Grade 101 — Mnemonic Memory Tricks
		Acronyms are very common in ordinary language and in many fields.
		A second problem with acronyms is that they can be difficult to form; not all lists of words will lend themselves equally well to this technique.
		Like acronyms, acrostics can be very simple to remember and are particularly helpful when you need to remember a list in a specific order.
	www.utexas.edu /student/utlc/class/mkg_grd/mnemonic.html (1607 words)

	Readings (5)
		Mnemonic illustrations are different from pictures or diagrams that often accompany text because they transform textual information to enhance memory.
		So, for example, if a student taking a health class needs to remember that the number one cause of death in women is heart disease, he might create an illustration of a woman eating a bun with a symbol of a heart enlarged over her chest.
		There are also sentence mnemonics in which you create a sentence containing the words that you need to remember or with words whose first letters are the same as the words you are trying to remember.
	itc.gsu.edu /academymodules/a304/support/xpages/a304b0_20600.html (1081 words)

	Wired News: Project Mnemonic Aids Addled Browsers
		There may be a nonpartisan alternative to the blind upgrade frenzy of the browser wars, if a novel project taken up by a group of programmers on the Net sees its goals come through.
		So while Mnemonic will focus on the W3 Consortium's current HTML 3.2 specification, it would be possible to swap out the 3.2 module and add one that understands Cougar, the next-generation HTML protocol, when those specifications become available.
		Morton said the ultimate goal of Mnemonic is to be OS-independent, but current Mnemonic development is focusing solely on the GNU/Linux operating system, the original platform for the project.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,3907,00.html (840 words)

	LD OnLine :: Using Mnemonic Instruction to Facilitate Access to the General Education Curriculum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mnemonic instruction is an instructional strategy commonly used with students who have disabilities as well as with their non-disabled peers.
		Mnemonic instruction facilitates access to the general education curriculum by giving students the tools they need to better encode information so that it will be much easier to retrieve it from memory at later points.
		Mnemonic instruction is an inexpensive strategy that provides a means of helping children with disabilities gain access to the general education curriculum.
	www.ldonline.org /article/4184 (3048 words)

	What is Mnemonic
		Mnemonics is a scientific tested technique based on our knowledge of principals of memory.
		The famous ROY G BIV for learning the colors of the rainbow is an example a mnemonic acronym as well as the not so famous RAVEN to remember when to use “affect” VS “effect”-Remember, Affect, Verb, Effect, Noun.
		Mnemonics strategies gathered from research articles has been used to learn people’s names, foreign language, to learn the states and capitals, letters of the alphabet and spelling words to name a few.
	www.ababasoft.com /mnemonic/mnemonic01.htm (267 words)

	How to Memorize Using Mnemonic Devices
		A mnemonic device is a tool used by students and teachers to aid in the memorization of facts.
		Some popular mnemonic devices from youth are those which help people remember the order of the planets in our solar system as well as the colors of the rainbow.
		Mnemonic devices are used not only to memorize facts for education.
	www.bookrags.com /articles/25.html (296 words)

	MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES AND SPECIFIC MEMORY Tricks to improve memory, memorization memorization memorize method memorizing ...
		Acronyms are very common in ordinary language and in many fields.
		A second problem with acronyms is that they can be difficult to form; not all lists of words will lend themselves equally well to this technique.
		Like acronyms, acrostics can be very simple to remember and are particularly helpful when you need to remember a list in a specific order.
	web-us.com /memory/mnemonic_techniques.htm (1715 words)

	Glossary of terms related to Cognition and Memory
		Acronyms are usually easy to learn and remember (see first letter mnemonic).
		Linkword system—A mnemonic in which foreign language vocabulary is learned by forming an image of an object suggested by the foreign word in interaction with an image suggested by the English word.
		Method of loci—A mnemonic in which a person memorizes a set of familiar locations (such as the rooms in one's house) and then mentally places each item on a list in the different rooms of the house.
	www.memoryzine.com /memoryglossary.html (4716 words)

	Mnemonic acronym system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims.
		The Mnemonic acronym system is a technique which uses a stored phrase to recall a list of items, often in a certain order.
		The technique is most suitable for items that can be recalled solely on the basis of a single letter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mnemonic_acronym_system (270 words)

	verbal mnemonics
		Coding mnemonics are the most effective means of memorizing numbers.
		Coding mnemonics can also be used to dramatically extend the value of the pegword method.
		There is no evidence that mnemonic strategies are particularly effective for tasks in the planning memory domain and most people find external strategies — diaries, calendars, watch alarms — more dependable and easier to use.
	www.memory-key.com /mnemonics/verbal.htm (539 words)

	Mn Mneme Mnementh Mnemiopsis Mnemonic Mnemonic Acronym System Acronym system Dominic System Journey System (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mnemonic acronym system - The Mnemonic acronym system is a technique which uses...
		Mnemonic goroawase system - The Goroawase system is the equivalent of the...
		Mnemonic goroawase system - The following was taken from the old mnemonic technique...
	www.biodatabase.de /?Mn (215 words)

	Mnemonics - Memory Techniques
		Acronym - an invented combination of letters with each letter acting as a cue to an idea you need to remember.
		BRASS is an acronym for how to shoot a rifle-- Breath, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze.
		Acrostic - an invented sentence where the first letter of each word is a cue to an idea you need to remember.
	www.bucks.edu /~specpop/mnemonics.htm (436 words)

	Lewis Center for Educational Research
		Mnemonic devices should probably not be used for memorizing concepts because they are designed to sidestep the deep meaning of a given material.
		Repetition: Mnemonic devices demand active participation and a constant repetition of the material to be memorized.
		Mnemonic focus on association and with a little creativity, your associations will be so bizarre that you can't help but remember them.
	www.lewiscenter.org /users/mhuffine/subprojects/Department/ls.php (2610 words)

	Study Skills Memory Techniques
		Mnemonics are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.
		The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of the human brain as possible to code information.
		A common mnemonic acronym (words created by the letters of a series of words) is ROY G. which helps science students remember the colors of the visible spectrum—Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
	www.accd.edu /sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSMT.htm (686 words)

	MemoryZine- The Source for Memory Health and Fitness Improvement
		Number-letter mnemonic—A mnemonic in which a person first memorizes number to letter pairs with the digits 0 to 9.
		Peg system—A mnemonic in which a person first memorizes a series of mental hooks on which to "hang" items to be learned.
		For example, a person first memorizes a series of number-object pairs, usually in a rhyme ("one is a bun, two is a shoe, three is a tree, etc."), and then mentally places each item on a list to be learned on an object, resulting in rapid learning of the list.
	www.memoryzine.com /glossary.html (5420 words)

	Open Directory - Reference: Dictionaries: Acronyms (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Acronym Master List for LANL - Large list of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and short forms that are used by or useful to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
		Acronyms and Abbreviations Dictionary - Contains terms with origins in the military, medical, technological, and business and training fields.
		Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources - Acronyms for global information and data resources in the health sciences.
	dmoz.org /Reference/Dictionaries/Acronyms (660 words)

	MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES AND SPECIFIC MEMORY Tricks to improve memory, memorization memorization memorize method memorizing ...
		Mnemonic Techniques and Specific Memory Tricks to improve memory, memorization
		For example, if you are trying to remember a list of mnemonics, you might remember the first--acronyms--by picturing SCUBA gear in your dorm room (SCUBA is an acronym).
		Mnemonic Techniques and Specific Memory Tricks to Improve memory and memorization techniques
	brain.web-us.com /memory/mnemonic_techniques.htm (1715 words)

	College Learning: WAYS & WHYS. Appendix I. ON MNEMONICS
		A îmnemonicï is any method that helps you remember something that you have learned well enough to recognize, but perhaps not yet well enough to recall.
		In any event, a mnemonic can help with re_calling information but you have to know what the information means.
		An acronym is a short name formed by combining the first letters of the complete name.
	www.unm.edu /~quadl/college_learning/on_mnemonics.html (2798 words)

	Braingle: 'Acronyms & Acrostics' Mentalrobics Article
		Mnemonic systems involve adding something more memorable to the information you are studying.
		To create an acronym, take the first letters of the items that you are trying to remember and make a new word out of them.
		An acrostic is similar to an acronym, but instead of making a word out of the first letters, you make a sentence.
	www.braingle.com /mind/69.html (317 words)

	Acronym Ideas
		Of course, knowing only the first letters of words isn't much of a clue to the words themselves unless you already have a good idea as to what they are, so this memory technique isn't as powerful as some of the others mentioned in these web pages.
		But acronyms are so simple that it a technique everyone should use, and sometimes it just works out the best.
		Our book says: mnemonic, assisting or intended to assist memory; of or relating to memory; a mnemonic device or code.
	www.thememorypage.net /acro.htm (1553 words)

	Mcat Mnemonic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		...39 mcat free test 39 good mcat score 39 mcat mnemonic 38 mcat biology 37 mcat.....mcat reading 29 home mcat page 27 mcat mcat 27 mcat medical no school 27 mcat.....mcat 270 e mcat 268...
		(Mnemonic for capital: ``the Manatee is not a pinniped...
		MCAT message board MCAT message boards MCAT mnemonic MCAT mnemonics MCAT national average MCAT national averages MCAT not required MCAT official MCAT...
	www.mymcatspace.com /directory/mcat-mnemonic.html (230 words)

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		Acronym - An artificial word to describe a data file, items in a data field, subdirectory or computer process.
		Choose a mnemonic acronym equivalent to the number to retrieve a record.
		Mnemonic - Give a name to a data file for a special identity.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /stasikdarrelln/Glossary/Terms.htm (5883 words)

	Acronyms Et Al. (was: Last Call: Instructions to Request for Comments(RF
		Finally, last para of sectin 4.5, "Mnemonics appearing in the Abstract" and 'meaning of the mnemonics "IP" or "TCP" or "MIB"' -- you mean acronym, not mnemonic.
		At first, this may seem to be a US/UK difference, but Merriam-Webster (http://www.m-w.com/) says an acronym is "a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term".
		All three dictionaries agree, however, that a mnemonic is something to help you remember something, such as "Roy G. Biv" for the colors of the rainbow, or "Badly Burnt Resistors On Ground Bus Void General Warranty" for resistor colors.
	www.mail-archive.com /ietf@ietf.org/msg10371.html (438 words)

	mnemonic - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		A word or string which is intended to be easier to remember than the thing it stands for.
		Most often used in "instruction mnemonic" which are so called because they are easier to remember than the binary patterns they stand for.
		Non-printing ASCII characters also have mnemonics like NAK, ESC, DEL intended to evoke their meaning on certain systems.
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/mnemonic (237 words)

	The CPU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We are going to examine a block diagram of the computer to see just where circuits that can compare or add such as we examined last lecture can be organized to achieve the goals of the computer system.
		To remember what is involved in making up a computer, we are going to use a mnemonic of the word CAMIO.
		It would have been better if we had used PS instead of M for memory since it is less ambiguous if we say Primary Storage (but it would have ruined our mnemonic).
	www.humboldt.edu /~blaisdel/cis110/lectures/cpu.shtml (863 words)

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