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Its On A Keyboard N. Small Bumps On Certain Keycaps To Keep Touch-typists Registered.
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tits on a keyboard n.
Small bumps on certain keycaps to
keep touch-typists registered. Usually on the 5 of a numeric
keypad, and on the F and J of a QWERTY keyboard;
but older Macs, perverse as usual, had them on the D and
K keys (this changed in 1999).
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its on a keyboard: n. Small bumps on certain keycaps to keep touch-typists registered (usually on the `5' of a numeric keypad, and on the `F' and `J' of a {QWERTY} keyboard
but the Mac, perverse as usual, has them on the `D' and `K' keys)....
double bucky adj. Using both the CTRL and META keys.
The command to burn all LEDs is double bucky F....
fred: n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard....
bit-paired keyboard n.,obs. (alt. `bit-shift keyboard') A non-standard keyboard layout that seems to have originated with the Teletype ASR-33 and remained common for several years on early computer equipment.
The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see EOU), so the only way to generate the character codes from keystrokes was by some physical linkage....
fred n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a metasyntactic variable (see foo).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard....
QWERTY /kwer'tee/ adj. [from the keycaps at the upper left] Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor)
as opposed to Dvorak or non-US-ASCII layouts or a space-cadet keyboard or APL keybo Historical note...
chiclet keyboard n. A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of chewing gum.
(Chiclets is the brand name of a variety of chewing gum that does in fact resemble the keys of chiclet keyboards....
chiclet keyboard: n. A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of chewing gum.
(Chiclets is the brand name of a variety of chewing gum that does in fact resemble the keys of chiclet keyboards....
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