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keyboard definition

key·board (kē′bôrd′)

noun

  1. the row or rows of keys of a piano, typewriter, linotype, computer terminal, etc.
  2. a musical instrument with a keyboard; esp., an electronic piano, synthesizer, etc. as employed in a rock or jazz group

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to set (type) using a keyboard typesetting machine
  2. to write or input by means of a keyboard

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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