computer keyboard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomputerandkeyboard
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computer
noun[C or U]
uk/kəmˈpjuː.tər/us/kəmˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/
an electronic machine that is used for storing, organizing, and finding words, numbers, and pictures, for doing calculations, and for controlling ...
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keyboard
noun[C]
uk/ˈkiː.bɔːd/us/ˈkiː.bɔːrd/
the set of keys on a computer or typewriter that you press in order to make it ...
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(Definition ofcomputerandkeyboardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcomputer keyboard
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Observers were asked to indicate if they detected the target by pressing separate keys on thecomputerkeyboard(' 1 '=yes, ' 9 '=no).
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Naming latencies were collected using an indirect method whereby the experimenter pressed a key on thecomputerkeyboardwhen the child initiated a response.
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After viewing an item, subjects had to provide a numerical judgment via thecomputerkeyboard.
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Today, thecomputerkeyboardand the laser printer (among other devices) are amending this entrenched procedure in various radical, even paradoxical ways.
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Each trial was initiated by the participant by pressing one of the response buttons on thecomputerkeyboard.
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After each sentence, they were instructed to type what they thought they heard into thecomputerkeyboard.
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Each trial began with a fixation cross appearing until the participant pressed a key on thecomputerkeyboard.
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To minimize the possibility of being overheard, participants had the option of entering their response on thecomputerkeyboardrather than making a verbal response.
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Individual trials involved the experimenter pressing a key on thecomputerkeyboard, which initiated presentation of a picture.
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Participants read through each sentence by pressing the spacebar on thecomputerkeyboard.
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Subjects were asked to press the space key on thecomputerkeyboardto initiate the trial.
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At the beginning of a trial, the participants were asked to press the space button on thecomputerkeyboard.
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We propose this hand as an alternative for users requiring an aesthetic skilful hand for lighter work, such as operating acomputerkeyboard.
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The experimenter typed in the participant's responses on thecomputerkeyboard(what was being typed in was not echoed on the screen), and monitored the workings of the voice switch.
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Their tasks consisted of reading words, reading nonwords, stressing non-words and reproducing sequences of two, three or four non-words by pressing the corresponding keys on thecomputerkeyboard.
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And enthusiasm is absolutely essential in the teaching of sport and physical education if we are ever to persuade the present generation of young people away from thecomputerkeyboard.
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This poorly documented feature allows the device to function as acomputerkeyboard/mouse.
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Competitors may choose to record the text by hand on paper or by typing on acomputerkeyboard.
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It allows users to create notes using solely acomputerkeyboardand search them using incremental find.
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