Definition of keystroke
: the act or an instance of depressing a key on a keyboard
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He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke.
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After all these keystrokes already typed (and coded), an admission: I am moved by Augusta National and the Masters.
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That single wimpy keystroke threw off several other important values in the article, rendering the results invalid.
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In a nightmare scenario, a backdoor could be hard-coded into the silicon on a Huawei chip, then activated remotely, potentially opening with a few keystrokes the contents of an entire network to the Chinese military.
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Together, the spyware modules have the ability to collect screenshots, read information from open windows, read the contents of the computer's hard drive and any peripherals, monitor the local network, and log keystrokes and passwords.
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Fruitfly malware allowed Durachinksy to use computer cameras and microphones to record images and audio, upload files to other people’s computers, take and download screenshots, log keystrokes and access his victims’ data.
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The Justice Department argues that Microsoft can easily call up the data with a few keystrokes at its headquarters.
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Like our Twitterer-in-Chief, the Knights are learning to manipulate the news through keystrokes.
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Many extensions benignly use this information, but there is always the danger that the all-access pass will be abused or that rogue software will grab keystrokes, login information, account numbers and other private data.
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First Known Use of keystroke
1867
First Known Use of keystroke
1966
KEYSTROKE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of keystroke for English Language Learners
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: the act of pushing down a key on a keyboard
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