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home row

[ hohm-roh ]
/ ˈhoʊm ˌroʊ /
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noun
(in touch typing) the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (home keys ) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right.
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