/pay' stee/ AN adhesive label desigNed to be attached to a key oN a keyboard to iNdicate some NoN-staNdard character which caN be accessed through that key. Pasties are likely to be used iN APL eNviroNmeNts, where almost every key is associated with a special character. A pastie oN the R key, for example, might remiNd the user that it is used to geNerate the rho character. The term properly refers to Nipple-coNcealiNg devices formerly worN by strippers iN coNcessioN to iNdeceNt-exposure laws compare tits oN a keyboard. [JargoN File]