Flashcard

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.

Flash card can refer to:

• Flashcards, pieces of cardboard with words etc. on them, used for education and training
• Memory card, electronic data storage, a form of flash memory
• Flash cartridge, for a video game console, programmable by a consumer, often for homemade or pirated games