from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
pastie
/pay'stee/, n.
An adhesive-backed label designed to be attached to a key on a
keyboard to indicate some non-standard character which can be accessed
through that key. Pasties are likely to be used in APL environments,
where almost every key is associated with a special character. A
pastie on the R key, for example, might remind the user that it is
used to generate the r character. The term properly refers to
nipple-concealing devices formerly worn by strippers in concession to
indecent-exposure laws; compare {tits on a keyboard}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
pastie
/pay'stee/ An adhesive label designed to be attached to a key
on a keyboard to indicate some non-standard character which
can be accessed through that key. Pasties are likely to be
used in APL environments, where almost every key is associated
with a special character. A pastie on the R key, for example,
might remind the user that it is used to generate the rho
character. The term properly refers to nipple-concealing
devices formerly worn by strippers in concession to
indecent-exposure laws; compare {tits on a keyboard}.
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