A reference card or quick reference card is a concise bundling of common syntactic rules and idioms of a particular formal language. It serves as an ad hoc memory aid for an experienced user.
In spite of what the name reference card suggest, the term only tends to be used in the narrow context of programming languages or markup languages. However, this concept is now being adopted to portray concise information in many other fields.
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Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or card:
“If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
“The Card Catalogue: “See also” leads into the wilderness.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)