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keystroke

[ kee-strohk ]

noun

  1. one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype:

    I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.



keystroke

/ ˈ쾱ːˌٰəʊ /

noun

  1. a single operation of the mechanism of a typewriter or keyboard-operated typesetting machine by the action of a key
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of keystroke1

First recorded in 1905–10; key 1 + stroke 1
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Example Sentences

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The Avon and Somerset Police officer was caught when data showed her keystrokes had increased by 19 million in one year.

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“DeepSeek logs your keystrokes, device data, location and so much other information and stores it all in China,” de Pulford said.

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TikTok can use this data, as well as information about an individual user's device, location and keystroke rhythms, to recommend videos to users on its automatically generated For You feed.

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Such services can track keystrokes and eye movements, take screenshots and log which websites are visited.

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“Instead of using 15 keystrokes, it took three,” he recalled recently.

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