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pastie
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/paystee/ , n. An adhesive-backed label designed to be attached to a key on
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a keyboard to indicate some non-standard character which can be accessed
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through that key. Pasties are likely to be used in APL environments, where
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almost every key is associated with a special character. A pastie on the R
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key, for example, might remind the user that it is used to generate the
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character. The term properly refers to nipple-concealing devices formerly
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worn by strippers in concession to indecent-exposure laws; compare tits on a
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keyboard.
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