keyboard

¹key·board

noun \ˈkē-ˌbȯrd\

Definition of KEYBOARD

1

a : a bank of keys on a musical instrument (as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave

b : a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard

2

: an assemblage of systematically arranged keys by which a machine or device is operated <a computer keyboard>

3

: a board on which keys for locks are hung

First Known Use of KEYBOARD

1819

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router

Rhymes with KEYBOARD

aboard, accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard

²keyboard

verb

Definition of KEYBOARD

transitive verb

: to capture or set (as data or text) by means of a keyboard

intransitive verb

: to operate a machine (as for typesetting) by means of a keyboard

— key·board·er noun

First Known Use of KEYBOARD

1961

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router