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| qwerty keyboard |
a keyboard with alphabetical and numerical keys in the same arrangement as those on a typewriter. |
| shortcut |
in computing, a specific combination of keys on the keyboard that performs a task or function when pressed together. Using a particular combination of keys to make a request of the computer generally saves the user time. [1/3 definitions] |
| space bar |
a horizontal bar on a keyboard, as of a typewriter, that produces a blank space rather than a character. |
| spinet |
a small harpsichord with one keyboard. [1/3 definitions] |
| stenotype |
the keyboard machine on which these symbols are typed. [1/2 definitions] |
| stenotypy |
a shorthand in which symbols that represent sounds, words, and phrases are typed on a keyboard machine. |
| tab |
a similar button on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a set distance each time it is pressed, as along a line of a document being typed, or from field to field in a form. [1/7 definitions] |
| toccata |
a musical composition for keyboard in an improvisational style full of elaborate running passages, full chords, and other figures designed to display technique. |
| tone cluster |
a group of notes close in pitch to each other played simultaneously, as on a keyboard or by several instrumentalists. |
| touch system |
a method of typing without having to look at the keyboard, each finger being trained to touch one or more specific keys. |
| touch-type |
to type by the touch system, in which the typist is trained to use specific fingers to hit specific groups of contiguous keys without looking at the keyboard. |
| upright |
a piano with strings vertical to the keyboard. [1/8 definitions] |
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