Glossary:Grade

grade

number from 0 to 5, which you provide when scoring your performance in recalling an item in learning. If you have an excellent recall of the item, you will score your review at 5 (grade 5 is called Great by default). If you perform poorly, you will score 1 (called Bad by default). You can even issue a Null grade of 0 from the keyboard if you perform dismally.

Note that the term first grade refers to the grade issued at first repetition (i.e. Repetitions=2), not at memorizing (i.e. Repetitions=1). The first issued grade does not affect the learning process except for determining which items enter the final drill