fat finger

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Refers to accidentally pressing the wrong key on a keyboard and entering an erroneous command that causes a serious problem. The term harks back to the very early days when computers were instructed to perform operations by flipping switches on the console.

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He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.

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