keystroke

[ kee-strohk ]

noun

1. one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype:

   I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.

keystroke

/ ˈkiːˌstrəʊk /

noun

1. a single operation of the mechanism of a typewriter or keyboard-operated typesetting machine by the action of a key

Word History and Origins

Origin of keystroke¹

First recorded in 1905–10; key ¹ + stroke ¹

Example Sentences

While the number of hardware controllers featuring built-in support for Reaper 6 is limited, the software allows you to assign thousands of functions or function sequences to a keystroke, toolbar button, or external controller.

From Popular-Science

These are blocks of text that you can assign to just a few keystrokes.

From Popular-Science

We live in a time of almost unfettered access to information, the encyclopedia of the known universe just a few keystrokes and mouse clicks away.

From Outside Online

We can understand the pressure that’s being applied on the screen as people are hitting the keystrokes.

From MIT Technology Review

TikTok doesn’t collect so much data these days—nothing on her location or her keystrokes.

From MIT Technology Review

It is, rather, to remember that every keystroke you make is more permanent than if it were chiseled in rock.

From The Daily Beast