mnemonic vs prompt

mnemonic

noun
  • The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands. 

  • Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid. 

adj
  • Of or relating to memory. 

  • Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering. 

  • Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”). 

prompt

noun
  • Textual input given to a large language model in order to have it generate a desired output. 

  • A suggestion for inspiration given to an author. 

  • A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input. 

  • A reminder or cue. 

adj
  • On time; punctual. 

  • Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading. 

  • Quick; acting without delay. 

verb
  • To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing. 

  • To initiate; to cause or lead to. 

  • To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. 

How often have the words mnemonic and prompt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )