Let M be a module over a ring
R, which satisfies the ascending chain condition on submodules of the form
N : B ⊆ N : B2⊆ N : B3⊆⋯ for every submodule N of M and every finitely
generated ideal B of R. We investigate the class of such modules M and show that
various important properties of Noetherian modules and rings can be generalized to
modules and rings of this class.