Finger trouble

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The Jargon File

Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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finger trouble
Usage: n.


finger trouble: n.

Mistyping, typos, or generalized keyboard incompetence (this is surprisingly common among hackers, given the amount of time they spend at keyboards). "I keep putting colons at the end of statements instead of semicolons", "Finger trouble again, eh?".

Sources

Source: finger trouble, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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