space bar

noun

: the wide key at the bottom of a computer keyboard or typewriter that is used to make a space

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The layout is based on the standard QWERTY layout we’re used to, but some of the keys, like the space bar, are altered. PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025 By using a series of small internal chambers in the larger keycaps—like the space bar, Shift and Enter keys— those keys now make the same almost inaudible sound as the rest of the Halo65 V2’s keys. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Then there’s the fact that all Parcels song titles are written without spaces, a nod to the band’s early days, when multi-instrumentalist Patrick Hetherington had to upload mp3 song titles on a laptop with a broken space bar. Rachel Desantis, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Space bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20bar. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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