keystroke

English

Etymology

key +‎ stroke

Noun

keystroke (plural keystrokes)

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

Translations

act of pressing a key

Bulgarian: натискане на клавиш (natiskane na klaviš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 按鍵／按键 (zh) (ànjiàn)
Finnish: painallus (fi)
French: frappe d’une touche f
German: Tastendruck m
Italian: battuta (it) f
Japanese: 打鍵 (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)

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

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