typing speed

collocation in English

meaningsoftypingandspeed

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typing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtaɪ.pɪŋ/us
/ˈtaɪ.pɪŋ/
using a computer keyboard or a typewriter to produce documents ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition oftypingandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In theory,typingspeedwould seem to be the most objective criterion.
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Fluency refers to the number of words word-processed per minute, controlling fortypingspeedand including those words deleted before the final draft.
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The design tries to enforce the alternating usage of both hands to increasetypingspeed.
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There is also a statistics page which contains a histogram of the user'stypingspeed.
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These factors may also affect theirtypingspeedand accuracy.
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The user can map keyboard shortcuts to math symbols in order to gain highertypingspeed.
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The adjustable arm on the copyholder aids legibility and maximises thetypingspeed.
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A specialist player called a micro cassette transcriber (below) is used for playback of the cassettes to maximise thetypingspeed.
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The latter has no emphasis ontypingspeed, but focuses wholly on strategy, and are thus usually based on forums and message boards.
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Using a software program, an operator types a summary of the spoken information into a computer at a minimumtypingspeedof 60 words per minute.
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Typingspeedis typically determined by how slow these weak keys are typed rather than how fast the remaining keys are typed.
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This permitted the operator to prepare the message off-line at the operator's besttypingspeed, and permitted the operator to correct any error prior to transmission.
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Typingspeedgenerally improves with practice.
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This version was not without its problems, however, as it became known that key transposition errors could occur at high typing speeds.
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