Noun
He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke.
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Noun
This non-mechanical method also eliminates wear and ensures an ultra-fast response with a switch lifespan that could run to tens of millions of keystrokes.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025 The new switches also allow users to assign multiple key commands to different points of travel on a single switch, as well as enable Rapid Trigger (the keyboard’s namesake), a function that repeats and stops actions more quickly by resetting keystrokes faster.—PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Bernhardt’s report points to keystroke logging technology and webcams that can tell when a person goes off task as examples of tech that can keep track of people even when working from home.—Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for keystroke
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