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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of keystroke1

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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