touch system

American  

noun

1. a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.

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touch system British  

noun

1. a typing system in which the fingers are trained to find the correct keys, permitting the typist to read and type copy without looking at the keyboard

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Etymology

Origin of touch system

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Together, these results suggest that the affective touch system is tuned to recognize human contact and to differentiate self from other.

From Science Magazine • May 29, 2019

To many researchers, the affective touch system suggests a compelling mechanism at autism’s roots.

From Science Magazine • May 29, 2019

“Each time we study the touch system more deeply, we realize that it is more specialized than we’d known,” Linden says.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

According to Isaacson’s biography, the company’s initial plan was to the use the new touch system to build a tablet computer.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2012

While he was working for the Remington people, there were the news reels of us typing touch system on Moby Dick, the white typewriter with the blind keys.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey