"dead flesh" meaning in English

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          "text": "2012, Rebecca Levene, Magnus Anderson, Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders: How British Video Games Conquered the World\nIts keyboard was made of an odd rubber, widely but unkindly known as 'dead flesh', and it was physically unstable, especially the early models."
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          "ref": "2014, Gerard Alberts, Ruth Oldenziel, Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes (page 64)",
          "text": "The larger size of the “Speccy” improved the computer's usability compared to the ZX81 model, notably through the raised “dead flesh” rubber keys that gave computer users better tactile feedback."
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          "ref": "2024, Lewis Packwood, Curious Video Game Machines (page 90)",
          "text": "It was a neat trick to give the membrane keyboard a sense of tactility and springiness that was missing from the Spectrum's infamous 'dead flesh' keys."
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        "The rubber chiclet keyboard of the ZX Spectrum computer."
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        "(computing, dated, humorous) The rubber chiclet keyboard of the ZX Spectrum computer."
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          "text": "2012, Rebecca Levene, Magnus Anderson, Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders: How British Video Games Conquered the World\nIts keyboard was made of an odd rubber, widely but unkindly known as 'dead flesh', and it was physically unstable, especially the early models."
        },
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          "ref": "2014, Gerard Alberts, Ruth Oldenziel, Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes (page 64)",
          "text": "The larger size of the “Speccy” improved the computer's usability compared to the ZX81 model, notably through the raised “dead flesh” rubber keys that gave computer users better tactile feedback."
        },
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          "text": "It was a neat trick to give the membrane keyboard a sense of tactility and springiness that was missing from the Spectrum's infamous 'dead flesh' keys."
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