keystroke

English

Etymology

From key +‎ stroke.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

keystroke (plural keystrokes)

2. The act of pressing an input key on a computer keyboard, typewriter, or similar input device.

   Synonym: keypress

4. (loosely, informal) A keyboard shortcut.

Derived terms

• keystroker

Translations

act of pressing a key

• Bulgarian: натискане на клавиш (natiskane na klaviš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按鍵 / 按键 (zh) (ànjiàn), 擊鍵 / 击键 (jījiàn)

• Finnish: painallus (fi)
• French: frappe d'une touche f
• German: Tastendruck m, Tastenanschlag m
• Italian: battuta (it) f
• Japanese: 打鍵 (ja) (だけん, daken), キーストローク (kīsutorōku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tastetrykk (no) n

• Russian: нажа́тие кла́виш(и) n (nažátije kláviš(i))
• Swedish: tangenttryckning (sv) c

Verb

keystroke (third-person singular simple present keystrokes, present participle keystroking, simple past and past participle keystroked)

1. To enter (data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard.

   Synonyms: key, key in

   • 1991, Leslie A. Olsen, Thomas N. Huckin, Technical Writing and Professional Communication, page 262:

     I keystroked the entire manual, in addition to the keystroking done by the Technical Support and Test groups.