USB keyboard

Pluggable typing tool

A USB keyboard is a keyboard that connects to a computer through a USB port rather than older connection types like PS/2.

The term distinguishes wired keyboards from wireless or Bluetooth models: I need a USB keyboard because my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth.

Most desktop keyboards sold today are USB keyboards.

Related

peripheral · computer · plugged · USB hub · wired · clacking · input · mechanical · membrane · spacebar · enter · backspace · shortcut · caps lock · desktop · dongle · port · cable

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Opposites
connectivity method

USB keyboardwireless keyboard

Untethered typing peripheral

Bluetooth keyboard

input method

USB keyboardtouchscreen

Input-sensitive display panel

virtual keyboard · on-screen keyboard · speech-to-text · gesture control · brain-computer interface

Family

keyboard, keyboards, keys, keyed, keying, board, boards, boarded, boarding

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G