What is "flashcard"

alt. 1 A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation. 2 (context electronics English) a solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones n. 1 A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation. 2 (context electronics English) a solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones

n. a card with words or numbers of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher [syn: flash card]

A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that can be learned via a question-and-answer format. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid memorization by way of spaced repetition.