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Non-standard   Listen
adjective
non-standard, nonstandard  adj.  
1.
Varying from or not adhering to a standard; as, nonstandard windows; envelopes of nonstandard sizes; non-standard lengths of board cost more per foot. Opposite of standard. (Narrower terms: deficient, inferior, substandard)
Synonyms: nonstandard.
2.
(Linguistics) Not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; as, a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups. Opposite of standard.





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... 'bit-shift keyboard') A non-standard keyboard layout that seems to have originated with the Teletype ASR-33 and remained common for several years on early computer equipment. The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see {EOU}), so the only way to generate the character codes from keystrokes was by some physical ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


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