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Meaning of Keypress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The depression of an input key; a keystroke.
  2. The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.

Equivalents

العربية ضربة المفتاح

Examples

“But Allegro does allow you to read keypresses. Every event that's sent to an Allegro game comes in via a queue. That's just a list of data that describes which keys have been pressed, where the mouse is, and so on.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Keypunch Keypunched Keypuncher Keypunches Keypunching keyring

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