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–noun

1.	the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.

2.	a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like.

3.	any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

4.	Also, key, key in. Computers. to enter (information) into a computer by means of a keyboard.

5.	to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard.

[Origin: 1810–20; key¹ + board

]

—Related forms

keyboarder, keyboardist, noun

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key·board Audio Help (kē'bôrd', -bōrd') Pronunciation Key
n.

A set of keys, as on a computer terminal, word processor, typewriter, or piano.
Music
1. A piano.
2. Any of various instruments, played by means of a set of pianolike keys, often connected to a synthesizer or amplifier.

tr.v. key·board·ed, key·board·ing, key·boards

1. To set (copy) by means of a keyed typesetting machine: keyboard a manuscript.
2. To enter (text or data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
Music To play (a composition) on a piano or keyboard.

key'board'er, key'board'ist n.

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keyboard

1819, from key (1) in sense of "mechanism of a musical instrument" + board. Originally of pianos, organs, etc., extended to other machines 1846. The verb is first recorded 1961. Keypad is from 1975; keypunch is from 1933. Keystroke first attested c.1910.

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keyboard
noun
1.	device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like
2.	holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

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ˈkeyboard1 noun

the keys in a piano, typewriter etc arranged along or on a flat board
Example: The pianist sat down at the keyboard and began to play; A computer keyboard looks like that of a typewriter; (also adjective) harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments

Arabic:	لوْحَة المَفاتيح
Chinese (Simplified):	键盘
Chinese (Traditional):	鍵盤
Czech:	klaviatura, klávesnice; klávesový
Danish:	klaviatur; tastatur; keyboard; klaviatur-; tastatur-
Dutch:	toetsenbord
Estonian:	klaviatuur
Finnish:	koskettimet, näppäimistö
French:	(à) clavier
German:	die Tasten; Tasten-
Greek:	πληκτρολόγιο, που διαθέτει πλήκτρα
Hungarian:	klaviatúra, billentyűzet
Icelandic:	lyklaborð; hljómborð
Indonesian:	tuts
Italian:	tastiera

Japanese:	鍵盤
Korean:	자판, 건반, 키보드
Latvian:	klaviatūra; tastatūra
Lithuanian:	klaviatūra; klavišinis
Norwegian:	klaviatur, tangenter, manual; tastatur
Polish:	klawiatura, klawiszowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	teclado
Portuguese (Portugal):	teclado
Romanian:	tastatură; claviatură
Russian:	клавиатура
Slovak:	klávesnica; klávesový
Slovenian:	klaviatura, tastatura
Spanish:	teclado
Swedish:	klaviatur, tangentbord
Turkish:	klâvye

ˈkeyboard2 noun

any keyboard (musical) instrument

Arabic:	لَوْحَة المفاتيح الموسيقيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	电子琴
Chinese (Traditional):	電子琴
Czech:	klávesový nástroj
Danish:	keyboard
Estonian:	klahvistik
Greek:	μουσικό όργανο που διαθέτει πλήκτρα
Hungarian:	billentyűs hangszer
Indonesian:	tuts
Italian:	strumento a tastiera*

Latvian:	taustiņinstruments
Lithuanian:	klavišinis instrumentas
Norwegian:	elektronisk tangentinstrument, keyboard
Polish:	klawiatura
Russian:	клавишный инструмент
Slovak:	klávesový nástroj
Slovenian:	klaviature
Spanish:	instrumento de teclado
Swedish:	klaverinstrument, keyboard
Turkish:	klâvye, elektrikli org

See also: keyhole, keynote, key, keyed up, keyhole surgery

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keyboard hardware
A hardware device consisting of a number of mechanical buttons (keys) which the user presses to input characters to a computer.
Keyboards were originally part of terminals which were separate peripheral devices that performed both input and output and communicated with the computer via a serial line. Today a keyboard is more likely to be connected more directly to the processor, allowing the processor to scan it and detect which key or keys are currently pressed. Pressing a key sends a low-level key code to the keyboard input driver routine which translates this to one or more characters or special actions.
Keyboards vary in the keys they have, most have keys to generate the ASCII character set as well as various function keys and special purpose keys, e.g. reset or volume control.
(2003-07-04)

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