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Input method

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keysetnoun(computing, databases) A set of keys (unique identifiers) used to distinguish the rows of data being traversed by a cursor.
keyboardnoun(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
meta keynoun(computing) A special key on some kinds of keyboard, used to activate keyboard shortcuts.
keyingnounThe input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
cangjienounAn input method for entering Chinese characters into a computer, developed in 1976 and originally supporting only traditional Chinese. Characters are visually decomposed into parts; these parts are assigned keys on the keyboard.
iconomatographynounAn iconomatic writing system.
alt keynoun(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.
shorthandnounA rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
colemaknoun(computing) A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.
keyboardingnounThe act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
unicodenoun(international standards, computing) A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.
keymasknoun(computing, programming) A bitmask specifying which keypresses were made.
notationnoun(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
keyboardismnounThe art or skill of playing a musical keyboard.
two-fingered typingnounA method of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist uses only two fingers (usually the index fingers) to operate the keys, typically because unfamiliar with the layout of the keyboard.
character setnoun(computing) The set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.
boshiamynounAn input method for typing Chinese characters that uses the letters of the Latin alphabet to represent radicals.
enterverb(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
nom de claviernoun(Internet, humorous) A pseudonym used in online communications; a handle.
keyboard smashnoun(Internet slang) A seemingly random and unintelligible string of characters, as produced by smashing a keyboard.

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