Pastie

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]