rat belt

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

rat belt
 n.

   A cable tie, esp. the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic kind that you
   can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a random twist of wire or a
   twist tie or one of those humongous metal clip frobs). Small cable
   ties are mouse belts.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

rat belt
mouse belt

   A cable tie, especially the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic
   kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a
   random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous
   metal clip frobs).  Small cable ties are "mouse belts".

   [{Jargon File}]

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