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splat
A strip which covers the joints between adjacent sheets of building board.

1.splat - Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk ("*") character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive from the "squashed-bug" appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers.
2.splat - Name used by some MIT people for the "#" character (ASCII 35).
3.splat - (Rochester Institute of Technology) The feature key on a Mac (same as alt).
4.splat - An obsolete name used by some people for the Stanford/ITS extended ASCII circle-x character. This character is also called "blobby" and "frob", among other names; it is sometimes used by mathematicians as a notation for "tensor product".
5.splat - An obsolete name for the semi-mythical Stanford extended ASCII circle-plus character.

See also ASCII.


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A new range of customising kits for the Beetle includes motifs called mud splats designed by artist Jamie Cullen.
Splats Circus visited Homestart, in Hillcrest Road, and 15 young families were treated to a special workshop of circus skills, designed to develop co-ordination and confidence in a fun and educational environment.
Cyclists tell us that they often end up with a mouthful of insects during a cycle ride and insects squashed on their helmets, so it will be interesting to see how many splats they record.
 
 
 
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