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• Pomodoro Technique — Definition, Origin and How the 25-Minute Timer Works
  A time-management method invented by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s using a mechanical kitchen timer: work for 25 uninterrupted minutes, break for 5, and count the intervals — the unit of measurement is called a pomodoro.
• Spaced-Repetition Algorithms — How SM-2 and Its Successors Compute the Next Interval
  Behind every flashcard app's "seen in 4 days" is a small formula from 1987: an ease factor, a growing interval, and a penalty when you falter. Here is what the maths actually does, in plain terms.
• The Leitner System — Flashcard Boxes and Scheduled Review, Explained
  Sebastian Leitner's 1972 method turns a shoebox and rubber bands into a spaced-repetition machine: five boxes, fixed review intervals, and one rule — a card you get right graduates, a card you get wrong goes back to box one.