keyboard
Input with letters
A keyboard is a panel of keys for typing or playing music.
Computer keyboards descended from typewriter keyboards; both arrange letters in the QWERTY layout.
Musical keyboards—pianos, organs, synthesizers—have keys that produce notes when pressed.
To keyboard is to type: She keyboarded the data into the system.
As an adjective: keyboard shortcuts, keyboard warrior.
Key creating gaps
- enterPass into a space
- backspaceKeyboard's leftward eraser
- shiftMovement or work period
- capslockKey enabling continuous capitals
tab · escape · control · alt · delete · function · arrow keys · home
Keyed percussion instrument
- organBody's working component
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- clavichordSoft-toned keyed instrument
accordion · melodica · keytar · celesta · spinet · virginal · harmonium · Moog
Dominant keyboard configuration
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- BluetoothShort-range wireless protocol
USB · ergonomic · backlight · RGB · gaming · switches · keycaps · macro
Keyboard's central letter strip
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- speedRate of motion
- fingersAppendages of the hand
practice · ergonomics · carpal tunnel · dexterity · transcription · clack · steno · dictation
Small gnawing mammal
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- deskFurniture for writing
- wrist restPadded typing support
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
dongle · USB hub · docking station · laptop stand · mousepad · workstation
Supplementary support element
- chordsSimultaneous note combinations
- arpeggiosChord notes played individually
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- octavesEight-tone intervals
voicing · comping · improvisation · fingering · pedaling · transposition · sight-reading · chord progression
spacebar
Key creating gaps
capslock · tab · escape · control · alt · delete · function · arrow keys · home · end
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
- organBody's working component
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
clavichord · accordion · melodica · keytar · celesta · spinet · virginal · harmonium · Moog · Rhodes
QWERTY
Dominant keyboard configuration
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
Bluetooth · USB · ergonomic · backlight · RGB · gaming · switches · keycaps · macro · chiclet
home row
Keyboard's central letter strip
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- speedRate of motion
fingers · practice · ergonomics · carpal tunnel · dexterity · transcription · clack · steno · dictation · muscle memory
mouse
Small gnawing mammal
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- deskFurniture for writing
- wrist restPadded typing support
cable · dongle · USB hub · docking station · laptop stand · mousepad · workstation
accompaniment
Supplementary support element
- chordsSimultaneous note combinations
- arpeggiosChord notes played individually
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
octaves · voicing · comping · improvisation · fingering · pedaling · transposition · sight-reading · chord progression · melody
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- officedesk, desk job, desks, desk lamp, desk lamps
- textplain text, plaintext, text file, text editor, words
- Things You Buyphone, laptop, computer, tablet, furniture
- appsapps, browser, software, calculator, calendar
- computer termsbit, byte, binary, cursor, click
keyboardmouse
Small gnawing mammal
gesture control · speech recognition · pointing device · touchscreen · stylus
- computer keyboardText entry peripheral
- keyboard shortcutsKey combinations for commands
- keyboard warriorCombative online arguer
- wireless keyboardUntethered typing peripheral
- virtual keyboardDigital on-screen input
- QWERTY keyboardStandard alphanumeric input layout
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