mnemonics

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mnemonics
    n 1: a method or system for improving the memory

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mnemonics \Mne*mon"ics\, n. [Gr. ta~ mnhmonika`: cf. F.
   mn['e]monique.]
   The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a
   system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory;
   artificial memory.
   [1913 Webster]