Mnemonics

(Mnemonics ? acrostics surely ?…ed.)

Salford, 16th February 2018

Mnemonic

Many letters coming from words –

Naming an entity or process

Example ? BASIC or COBOL – names much too long for here

Memory can absorb these smaller forms, the expanded

Overall version – needs chunking – so its made into a

Name to help you remember

In fact, there’s lots of these around in life – not just

Computing, – take a look around – and you may spot one

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