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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>chiclet keyboard</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="chickenboner.html" title="chickenboner"/><link rel="next" href="Chinese-Army-technique.html" title="Chinese Army technique"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">chiclet keyboard</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chickenboner.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Chinese-Army-technique.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="chiclet-keyboard"/><dt xmlns="" id="chiclet-keyboard"><b>chiclet keyboard</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber
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or plastic keys that look like pieces of chewing gum. (Chiclets is the
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brand name of a variety of chewing gum that does in fact resemble the keys
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of chiclet keyboards.) Used esp. to describe the original IBM PCjr
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keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a
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lot of early portable and laptop products got launched using them.
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Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are
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not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chickenboner.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Chinese-Army-technique.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">chickenboner<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Chinese Army technique</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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