flash card

British

noun

a card on which are written or printed words for children to look at briefly, used as an aid to learning

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Even in Japan, she’s spending time with “Anki” — a software flash card program popular among medical students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2021

Polls are important as a flash card of a given point in time.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2019

First, my mother had me make a flash card set of multiplication equations up until the “12 times” tables.

From Time ● Jan. 30, 2015

Using the same “charge trap” architecture that allowed the company to leapfrog ahead of other compact flash card makers in 2006, Samsung is moving from today’s two-dimensional planar technology to a vertically integrated channel structure.

From Forbes ● Aug. 14, 2013

“Rhymes with pimple,” Calista said while we drew pictures on the back of the flash card.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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