keyboard

keyboard
I. noun Date: 1819 1. a bank of keys on a musical instrument (as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave 2. an assemblage of systematically arranged keys by which a machine or device is operated 3. a board on which keys for locks are hung 4. a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard II. verb Date: 1961 transitive verb to capture or set (as data or text) by means of a keyboard intransitive verb to operate a machine (as for typesetting) by means of a keyboard • keyboarder noun

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  • keyboard — [kē′bôrd΄] n. 1. the row or rows of keys of a piano, typewriter, linotype, computer terminal, etc. 2. a musical instrument with a keyboard; esp., an electronic piano, synthesizer, etc. as employed in a rock or jazz group vt., vi. ☆ 1. to set… …   English World dictionary

  • keyboard — The 20 key, two row, piano type keyboard on the multiposition letter sorting machine. The operator presses one, two, three, or four keys to represent one , two , three , or four digit numbers sequentially …   Glossary of postal terms

  • keyboard — ► NOUN 1) a panel of keys for use with a computer or typewriter. 2) a set of keys on a piano or similar musical instrument. 3) an electronic musical instrument with keys arranged as on a piano. ► VERB ▪ enter (data) by means of a keyboard.… …   English terms dictionary

  • Keyboard — Key board , n. The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys[3] of an organ, piano, typewriter, etc.; that part of a device containing the keys[3] used to operate it. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • keyboard — (n.) 1819, from KEY (Cf. key) (n.1) in sense of mechanism of a musical instrument + BOARD (Cf. board). Originally of pianos, organs, etc., extended to other machines 1846. The verb is first recorded 1926 (implied in Keyboarding) …   Etymology dictionary

  • keyboard — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. kibord] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. a || u, Mc. keyboardrdzie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} elektroniczny instrument klawiszowy : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Kurs gry na keyboardzie. (GW) <ang.> {{/stl 10}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Keyboard — Vorlage:Infobox Musikinstrument/Wartung/Parameter Tonumfang fehltVorlage:Infobox Musikinstrument/Wartung/Parameter Klangbeispiel fehlt Keyboard engl.: electronic keyboard …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • keyboard — noun 1 set of keys on a computer, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ qwerty ▪ standard ▪ computer, laptop, PC, typewriter ▪ Bluetooth™ …   Collocations dictionary

  • keyboard — ▪ I. keyboard key‧board 1 [ˈkiːbɔːd ǁ bɔːrd] noun [countable] COMPUTING a board with buttons marked with different letters and numbers which are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine: • the F2 key on your computer keyboard   …   Financial and business terms

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