touch-typing

touch-typing
A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb.
See Also: touch-type, touch-typist

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  • Touch typing — is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. Specifically, a touch typist will know their location through muscle memory. Touch typing usuallyWW places the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard (the… …   Wikipedia

  • touch-typing — touchˈ typing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑touch …   Useful english dictionary

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  • touch typing — typing without looking at the keyboard …   English contemporary dictionary

  • touch typing — noun typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time • Syn: ↑touch system • Hypernyms: ↑typing, ↑typewriting …   Useful english dictionary

  • touch typing — noun Typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys …   Wiktionary

  • touch-typing — noun type using all of one s fingers and without looking at the keys. → touch type …   English new terms dictionary

  • touch-type — ☆ touch type [tuch′tīp΄ ] vi. touch typed, touch typing to type by means of the touch system touch typist n …   English World dictionary

  • touch-type — touch typist, n. /tuch tuyp /, v.i., touch typed, touch typing. to type by means of the touch system. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Typing — notebook keyboardTyping is the process of inputting text into a device, such as a typewriter, computer, or a calculator, by pressing keys on a keyboard. It can be distinguished from other means of input, such as the use of pointing devices like… …   Wikipedia

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