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dead flesh

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The rubber chiclet keyboard of the ZX Spectrum computer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, humorous, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 2012, Rebecca Levene, Magnus Anderson, Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders: How British Video Games Conquered the World Its keyboard was made of an odd rubber, widely but unkindly known as 'dead flesh', and it was physically unstable, especially the early models.

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