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chiclet keyboard en · NOUN

Etymology

From Chiclets (itself from chicle), a brand of chewing gum bearing some resemblance to the keys.

Meanings

1. (informal) Any of various early computer keyboards having an array of small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys.
   • At the best of times it's difficult to type on a chiclet keyboard. 1984 February, Popular Mechanics, volume 161, number 2:
   • The chiclet keyboard and single-line LED display do not permit rapid data entry and text editing... 1985, Linda Gail Christie, The Simon and Schuster guide to computer peripherals:
   • […] clamshell-like devices with a tiny chiclet keyboard, a stylus for selecting and pointing, and a black-and-white Windows 95-like user interface. 2002, Paul B Thurrott, Windows XP home networking:

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