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Stickers
Stickers are very widely used when an object
requires identification with a word or idea. Brand stickers
may be attached to products to identify those products as coming
from a certain company. They may also be used to describe characteristics
of the products that would not be obvious from simple examination.
A Label dispenser is often used as a convenient way to separate
the sticky label from its liner or backing tape.
They are frequently distributed as part of promotional, advertising,
and political campaigns; for example, in many voting districts
in the U.S., stickers indicating an individual has voted are
given to each voter as they leave the polling place, largely
as a reminder to others to vote. Other methods of underground
forms of voting for your favorite graffiti artists' current
productions are by an open form of appreciation such as clapping
while passing such a sticker (a smile and a kind reminder to
a fellow appreciator throughout the day is commonplace as well).
Stickers placed on automobile bumpers, called bumper stickers,
are often used by individuals as a way of demonstrating support
for political or ideological causes. Identification of vehicle
registration and last service details are two examples of stickers
on the inside of most car windscreens. The term "window
sticker" is generally used for vinyl labels which are stuck
to the inside of a vehicle's window, as opposed to water-resistant
stickers that are stuck to the outside of a vehicle but can
be affixed to anything.
Another common use for stickers is embellishing scrapbooking
pages. With the advent of this very popular craft, every type
of sticker imaginable can now be found: acrylic, 3D, cardstock,
epoxy, fabric, flocked, sparkly, paper, puffy, vellum and so
much more. While in the earlier days of scrapbooking stickers
were sold mostly on 2"x6" sheets, now 6"x12"
and even 12"x12" size sheets are very common
membrane switches
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