telltale

telltale
 n.— «The telltales for gas, oil, temperature, and battery voltage—standard, fixed icons that don’t change in real time—reside in the PROM memory.» —“Design A Minimum-Space Auto-Instrument Module” by Ralph Ong Electronic Design Aug. 4, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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