Acronym vs. Mnemonic

Acronymnoun

An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").

Acronymnoun

An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").

Acronymverb

To form into an acronym

Acronymnoun

a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name

Acronymnoun

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA).

Acronym

An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase, usually using individual initial letters, as in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) or EU (European Union), but sometimes using syllables, as in Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg), or a mixture of the two, as in radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging). Similarly, acronyms are sometimes pronounced as words, as in NASA or UNESCO, sometimes as the individual letters, as in FBI or ATM, or a mixture of the two, as in JPEG or IUPAC. The broader sense of acronym inclusive of terms pronounced as the individual letters (such as ) is sometimes criticized, but it is the term's original meaning and is in common use.

Mnemonicadjective

Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

Mnemonicnoun

Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

Mnemonicnoun

(computing) The textual, human-readable form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.

Mnemonicadjective

Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic device.

Mnemonicnoun

Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse.

Mnemonicnoun

An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field.

Mnemonicadjective

of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory;

Mnemonicnoun

a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something

Mnemonicadjective

aiding or designed to aid the memory.

Mnemonicadjective

relating to the power of memory.

Mnemonic

A mnemonic () device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory. Mnemonics make use of elaborative encoding, retrieval cues, and imagery as specific tools to encode information in a way that allows for efficient storage and retrieval.