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Vinony

keyboard

noun

  1. a set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
  2. a component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck
  3. data input device
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈki.bɔɹd/ / /ˈkiːbɔːd/ / /ˈkɪjboːd/

noun

Etymology: From key + board.

  1. A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
  2. A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
  3. An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

verb

Etymology: From key + board.

  1. To type on a computer keyboard.

    “Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.”

    “The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.”