keypress

See also: key press

English

Alternative forms

• key press

Etymology

key +‎ press

Pronunciation

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Noun

keypress (plural keypresses)

1. The depression of an input key; a keystroke.
   • 2012, David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths, Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide, page 531:

     But Allegro does allow you to read keypresses. Every event that's sent to an Allegro game comes in via a queue. That's just a list of data that describes which keys have been pressed, where the mouse is, and so on.

2. (computing) The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.