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DSKY

An acronym for Display Keyboard (pronounced diskey). This was the interface that Apollo astronauts used to communicate with the computers on the Command and Lunar Modules.

I first came across this acronym while watching the television series For All Mankind.


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References:

  1. IMDB: For All Mankind
  2. Smithsonian: DSKY - A Smithsonian description and image of a DSKY.

Tags: television, space, astronaut, apollo

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Date Modified: 08 Jul 2025