Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stroke of a key, as on a computer keyboard.
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- noun The act of
pressing aninput key ; akeypress on a computerkeyboard or atypewriter , or a similarinput device .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard
Etymologies
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Examples
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Programs like KeyBag are commonly known as keystroke loggers, and this Universal application works on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
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(This means that the first keystroke is in category 35, the second is in category 12, and so on.
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He accessed the programme menu and launched Hijack, as his friend in Van Nuys had amused himself to call the keystroke application.
Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
The Seattle Times 2010
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
The Seattle Times 2010
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
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In many cases they install so-called keystroke loggers to capture personal information.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The inability to hide the dock with a keystroke is my number one complaint about Mac OS X.
OSNews 2009
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