typing skills
Fingers on keys
Typing skills refers to proficiency in using a keyboard to input text—encompassing speed, accuracy, and proper finger placement.
The phrase typically appears in job listings and résumés: Strong typing skills required, Her typing skills improved after practice.
Touch typing, where fingers rest on home keys without looking, represents advanced typing skills.
- hunt and peckVisual, one-key-at-a-time typing
- muscle memoryAutomatic physical skill retention
- data entryRecording information digitally
- desk jobSeated indoor employment
- finger placementWhere to put digits
words per minute · typewriting · speed · error rate · home row · home keys · hand-eye coordination · learning curve · word processor · ergonomic · stenographer · dexterity · keyboard shortcuts · QWERTY · typo · keyboard · wrist rest · carpal tunnel
- digital skillsdigital literacy, computer literacy, tech literacy, information literacy, web search
- office workdesk work, filing, desks, email, emails
- implicit memoryprocedural memory, priming, conditioning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning
- motor skillsmotor control, walking, riding a bike, hand-eye coordination, coordination
- neurorehabstroke recovery, brain injury rehab, balance training, neuroplasticity, functional recovery
typing skillshandwriting
Manual letter formation
writing by hand · penmanship · cursive writing · longhand · calligraphy
typing skillsoral communication
Speaking to convey information
verbal fluency · speaking skills · dictation · speech · public speaking