keystroke

American  

[kee-strohk] / ˈkiˌstroʊk /

noun

1. one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype.

   I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.

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keystroke British  

/ ˈkiːˌstrəʊk /

noun

1. a single operation of the mechanism of a typewriter or keyboard-operated typesetting machine by the action of a key

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Etymology

Origin of keystroke

First recorded in 1905–10; key ¹ + stroke ¹

Example Sentences

In other words, the company can potentially track—and claim ownership of—every keystroke you make within the system, every idea you document there, every tool you build using that platform.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amazon caught North Korean IT worker by tracing keystroke data.

From MarketWatch

It looks cheeky, if not aggressive, for management to increase a year’s earnings by billions of dollars with a keystroke, simply by changing an accounting estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal

For decades, bold inventors dreamed of leaping beyond the typewriter’s supremacy in favor of a fundamentally better way of turning keystrokes into finished documents.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Prince Andrew can be stripped of his honors and title with a few keystrokes, perhaps I can become Her Royal Highness Princess Brenda, or at least Duchess of something, with the same ease.

From The Wall Street Journal