Cram.com (formerly known as Flashcard Exchange) is a
web-based
A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to dynamically build a response to the request, ...
application for creating, studying, and sharing
flashcard
A flashcard or flash card is a card bearing information on both sides, usually intended to practice and/or aid memorization. It can be virtual (part of a flashcard software) or physical.
Typically, each flashcard bears a question or definition ...
s.
Users on Cram.com have created over 68 million flashcards.
History
Cram.com was launched by Student Brands after it acquired FlashcardExchange.com and FlashcardDB.com.
FlashcardExchange.com was originally launched in January 2001 by Culley Harrelson.
FlashcardExchange.com was praised by Education World as being "simply designed and intuitive to use".
Usage
Users can create free accounts on the website to create their own flashcards. On FlashcardExchange.com, users had to pay to print and download flashcards, but all functionality on Cram is free.
Flashcards can be created in a number of languages, such as English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Polish, and Portuguese.
Flashcards are placed into categories, including careers, language, computers, and others.
See also
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List of flashcard software
This article contains a list of notable flashcard software. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid Memory, memorization by way of spaced repetition.
Software
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American educational websites
Educational software
Spaced repetition software
Internet properties established in 2001