Riddle me this...

[mr_z]

Given:mne·mon·ic /nɪˈmɒnɪk/
-adjective
1. assisting or intended to assist the memory.
2. pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.
-noun
3. something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
4. Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for “store.”
I fall under #4 above. I'm dealing with an entire instruction set,

Comments

[elgecko]

So how is it, then, that there's no reasonable abbreviation for mnemonic?

And why is abbreviation such a terribly long word?

Oh, and thanks for showing me that "orthographic" is a word in English. I didn't think it existed.