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