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keyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like |
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device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
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forte-piano,
pianoforte,
piano a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
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pipe organ,
organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
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typewriter hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
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computing device,
computing machine,
data processor,
electronic computer,
information processing system,
computer a machine for performing calculations automatically
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terminal station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
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typesetting machine a printer that sets textual material in type
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action mechanism,
action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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computer keyboard,
keypad a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard
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key metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
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piano keyboard,
clavier,
fingerboard a bank of keys on a musical instrument
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typewriter keyboard a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed
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keyboard - holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung |
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holder a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"
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