Keyboarding


[kee-bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈkiˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

noun
1.
the row or set of on a piano, organ, or the like.
2.
a set of keys usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like.
3.
any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ.
verb (used with or without object)
4.
Also, key, key in. Computers. to enter (information) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
5.
to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard.
/ˈkiːˌbɔːd/
noun
1.

2.
(often pl) a musical instrument, esp an electronic one, played by means of a keyboard
verb
3.
to set (a text, etc) in type, onto magnetic tape, or into some other medium, by using a keyboard machine
n.

1819, from key (n.1) in sense of “mechanism of a musical instrument” + board (n.1). Originally of pianos, organs, etc., extended to other machines 1846. The verb is first recorded 1926 (implied in keyboarding).

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