ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Keypress

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Keypress is a noun meaning The depression of an input key; a keystroke.

Meaning

The depression of an input key; a keystroke.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include keystroke, keying, keybutton, keymask, keeb, keysending.

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