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space-cadet keyboard

space-cadet keyboard noun: a style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.

space-cadet keyboard: a style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier...
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Noun

space-cadet keyboard (plural space-cadet keyboards)

  1. A style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.

Forms of space-cadet keyboard

pluralspace-cadet keyboards

Questions about space-cadet keyboard

What does space-cadet keyboard mean?
Space-cadet keyboard means a style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.
What part of speech is space-cadet keyboard?
Space-cadet keyboard is a noun.
What is the plural of space-cadet keyboard?
The plural of space-cadet keyboard is space-cadet keyboards.

Words near space-cadet keyboard in the dictionary

  1. space work
  2. space writer
  3. space writers
  4. space-based
  5. space-borne
  6. space-cadet keyboard
  7. space-cadet keyboards
  8. space-faring
  9. space-filling
  10. space-filling curve
  11. space-filling curves

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