Memorizing Vocabulary from IT [Comptia A+]

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Hi guys, another question.

I want to remember vocab from IT. I figure I should learn to turn things into Mnemonics so I can place them in a memory palace. So I’m drawing pictures for each word and the meaning of the word. Does that sound right so far? Or should I have a mnemonic just for the word?

For example, DNS and the definition. It turns names into numbers.

So DNS reminds me of VNS, a vagus nerve stimulator, for people with a seizure disorder. The Vagus nerve is in the neck region. There’s a magnet device that the person holds up to their neck to turn on the device. I imagine a person holding a magnet drawing numbers, 1,2,3 out of their neck, and on the other side of the magnet, there’s name, Bob, Bill, Bryan.

PoE-Some devices, rather than using a separate cable for power, use an Ethernet cable. Not only does Ethernet connect to the network but also is used to power the device. It’s used in situations where power is difficult to run to the device. Ex. cameras, phones, access points

I imagine Edgar Allen Poe. Holding a lighting bolt, as if it were a pen, to a piece of paper, the lightning bolt shoots power. For Ethernet, I write “Either he lives or dies in the poem”. And there’s a trash can where all the crumbles papers are, but the trash can is in the shape of a net. I make sure that the Lightning Bolt Pen is over top the Either word and Net Trash can. Power over Ethernet. Does that make sense?

After I make all these Mnemonic I will have to figure out how to put them in a memory palace. But does this sound good so far. Is there something I’m missing? Thanks for the help everyone.

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If the mnemonic images allow you to recall the word, it should work.

To test it, you can create a memory palace in just a few minutes. If you don’t want to spend time thinking about a route, here’s an example pattern that can be used in a room you know well. I walk through the pattern from the perspective of entering the door at position 8 and then moving clockwise around the room from position #1. Position #9 is the ceiling and #10 is the floor.

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(I moved your post to a new topic so it doesn’t get buried in the other topic.)

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Thanks again, but did you see anything that you would change. Does it seem like I get what the Mnemonic image is or am I doing it wrong? Do you draw pictures to make them yourself or just create it in your head?

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There isn’t really a right or wrong with creating mnemonic images, because everyone does it a little differently. The important thing is that you can walk through the memory palace, see the image, and convert it back into the fact that it represents. If you can recall the information, you’re doing it correctly.

After you practice it for a while, you’ll get a sense about how much information you need to encode in a mnemonic, and you’ll probably be able to make the images simpler.

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I’ve been working on my memory palace, and I’ve just been using 4 corners of the room. I’m having a hard time sticking the items in those corners. Have any thoughts?

Also, I’ve found myself creating something of a story for each room. Is that called the link/story method?

Thanks for your thoughts

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Is there anything in the corners to attach the images to?

I think it’s common to combine the link/story method with memory palaces.

Some ideas:

If you’ve ever used an Ethernet cable, you could imagine sitting at a table in one of the corners of the room plugging in an Ethernet cable (or any Internet cable) into a computer. If it helps to make a story, imagine that the Wi-Fi is down, interrupting your work, and you have to plug in the Ethernet cable to get back online.

If you think of DNS like a phone book, you could use an image of a phone book in that location of the memory palace. Then when you need to remember more facts about DNS (like the recursive resolvers), you could chain those facts into a story in that location.

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Awesome, thanks.

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