On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:20:48AM -0800, Jim White wrote:
> Valentin, In common usage, the term "mnemonic" refers to
> a clever device for remembering something. For example,
> "Spring Forward, Fall Back", is a mnemonic device for
> remembering in which direction to adjust the clock at
> the start and finish of daylight savings time. In
> contrast, most people would not consider "Set the clock
> forward in the Spring, set it back in the Fall" to be
> mnemonic. Rather, it's a plain and simple statement of
> the thing to be remembered, not a help in remembering
> it. I suppose this is a small matter, but it just
> doesn't make sense to call "1" a mnemonic for 1.

Mnemonic is IMHO a common term in gui development for this. Other ones a
Keyboard shortcut or Accelerator.

-billy.
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