touch system

touch system
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. Cf. hunt and peck.
[1915-20]

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  • touch system — ☆ touch system n. a method of typing without looking at the keyboard, by regularly touching a given key with a specific finger …   English World dictionary

  • touch system — noun typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time • Syn: ↑touch typing • Hypernyms: ↑typing, ↑typewriting * * * noun : a method of typewriting that assigns a particular finger to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • touch system — touch′ sys tem n. a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to particular keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • touch system — n. typing system where each finger is designated to a particular key or keys on a keyboard enabling a typist to type without looking at the keyboard …   English contemporary dictionary

  • touch system — noun Date: 1918 a method of typing that assigns a particular finger to each key and makes it possible to type without looking at the keyboard …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • touch-type — ☆ touch type [tuch′tīp΄ ] vi. touch typed, touch typing to type by means of the touch system touch typist n …   English World dictionary

  • touch-type — touch typist, n. /tuch tuyp /, v.i., touch typed, touch typing. to type by means of the touch system. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • touch-type — touch′ type v. i. typed, typ•ing cvb to type by means of the touch system • Etymology: 1940–45, amer. touch′ typ′ist, n …   From formal English to slang

  • system — n. group of items serving a common purpose 1) an air conditioning; amplifying; brake; data processing; filing; guidance; heating; highway (AE), motorway (BE), road; intercommunication; life support; number; public address; railroad (AE), railway… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • system — noun Etymology: Late Latin systemat , systema, from Greek systēmat , systēma, from synistanai to combine, from syn + histanai to cause to stand more at stand Date: 1603 1. a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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