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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Feature key n. [common] The Macintosh key with the cloverleaf graphic on its keytop; sometimes referred to as `flower', `pretzel', `clover', `propeller', `beanie' (an apparent reference to the major feature of a propeller beanie), splat, `open-apple' or (officially, in Mac documentation) the `command key'. In French, the term `papillon' (butterfly) has been reported. The proliferation of terms for this creature may illustrate one subtle peril of iconic interfaces. Many people have been mystified by the cloverleaf-like symbol that appears on the feature key. Its oldest name is `cross of St. Hannes', but it occurs in pre-Christian Viking art as a decorative motif. Throughout Scandinavia today the road agencies use it to mark sites of historical interest. Apple picked up the symbol from an early Mac developer who happened to be Swedish. Apple documentation gives the translation "interesting feature"! There is some dispute as to the proper (Swedish) name of this symbol. It technically stands for the word `seva"rdhet' (thing worth seeing); many of these are old churches. Some Swedes report as an idiom for the sign the word `kyrka', cognate to English `church' and pronounced (roughly) /chur'ka/ in modern Swedish. Others say this is nonsense. Other idioms reported for the sign are `runa' (rune) or `runsten' /roon'stn/ (runestone), derived from the fact that many of the interesting features are Viking rune-stones. The term `fornminne' /foorn'min'*/ (relic of antiquity, ancient monument) is also reported, especially among those who think that the Mac itself is a relic of antiquity. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FEATURE KEY |
| Specialty definitions using "FEATURE KEY": beanie key ♦ clover key ♦ flower key ♦ kyrka ♦ pretzel key, propeller key. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cartmanager feature key paynet system | 6 |
feature key paynet system | 2 |
e feature key loyalty | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-f-k-r-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: feature. | |
-4 letters: afreet, eatery, eureka, fakeer, fakery, feater, freaky, refute, retake, turkey, tuyere. | |
-5 letters: after, arete, eater, faery, faker, fakey, feuar, feyer, freak, kaury, kraft, kraut, kurta, rakee, reefy, reeky, rekey, taker, teary, turfy, tuyer, urate, yurta. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 45 41 54 55 52 45 4B 45 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000101 01000001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000101 00100000 01001011 01000101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F E A T U R E   K E Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0045 0041 0054 0055 0052 0045 004B 0045 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)403935545552392453959 |
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