banana label n.
The labels often used on the sides of
macrotape reels, so called because they are shaped roughly
like blunt-ended bananas. This term, like macrotapes themselves,
is still current but visibly headed for obsolescence.
The labels often used on the sides of
macrotape reels, so called because they are shaped roughly
like blunt-ended bananas. This term, like macrotapes themselves,
is still current but visibly headed for obsolescence.
Related:
- banana label: n. The labels often used on the sides of {macrotape}
reels, so called because they are shaped roughly like blunt-ended
bananas.
This term, like macrotapes themselves, is still current but visibly headed for obsolescence.... - boxed comments n.
Comments (explanatory notes attached to
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A now-legendary device used on MIT
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and influenced the design of EMACS.
It was equipped with no fewer than seven shift key... - opic drift n.
Term used on GEnie, Usenet and other
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Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7-
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A keyboard with a small, flat
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lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of
chewing gum.
(Chiclets is the brand name of a variety of chewing gum that does in fact resemble the keys of chiclet keyboards....
