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Typing Technique
Vocabulary to introduce proper keyboarding technique
Question | Answer |
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A keyboard machine for writing mechanically in characters resembling print. | Typewriter |
A set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a computer, typewriter of typesetting machine. | Keyboard |
A person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine or article. | Inventor |
Inventor of the Qwerty keyboard | Christopher Latham Sholes |
The exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. | Patent |
The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. | Ergonomics |
The manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete and others employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor. | Technique |
A list for comparison, verification and other checking purposes. | Checklist |
The term used to measure typing speed that means "words per minute." | WPM |
A term used to measure typing speed that means "gross (total) words a minute." | GWAM |