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a
: a bank of keys on a musical instrument (such as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave
b
: a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard
2
: a group of systematically arranged keys by which a machine or device is operated
a computer keyboard
3
: a board on which keys for locks are hung
keyboarded; keyboarding; keyboards
: to enter (data, text, etc.) by means of a keyboard
keyboard a manuscript
… he would like her to drop her copy off and have it keyboarded into the system by someone else.—
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
: to operate a machine (as for typesetting) by means of a keyboard
keyboarder
noun
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
The app essentially amounts to a small Doom level that is playable with keyboard controls (arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot) within a CAPTCHA-like presentation.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Needless to say, this analogy was such a howler that many, many people besides just me took fingers to keyboard to lambaste Robert Bryce, the author of that OpEd.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
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Noun
Simon Hill The Best 2-in-1 Laptops to Flip Between Work and Play
These 2-in-1 computers upgrade the norm with touchscreen displays, 360-degree hinges, and detachable keyboards.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
The app essentially amounts to a small Doom level that is playable with keyboard controls (arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot) within a CAPTCHA-like presentation.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
The aftermath of the shooting was disappointing but not surprising; though Megan was the victim, not the perpetrator of the violence, she was harassed and slandered by everyone from her peers in the industry to keyboard warriors on social media.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Needless to say, this analogy was such a howler that many, many people besides just me took fingers to keyboard to lambaste Robert Bryce, the author of that OpEd.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
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“Keyboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keyboard. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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