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typographical error
(redirected from Fat-finger)

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typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness.

Compare: mouso, thinko.


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It depended upon somebody on the ground who could get you a very finite set of coordinates, and somebody in the airplane who could fat-finger them in a very precise way to make sure you didn't make a mistake there.
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On his heads-up display, he sees an icon representing the target "He never has to fat-finger anything" said McKinney.
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