keystrokern.
/ˈkiːstrəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈkiˌstroʊkər/ Computing.
A person who operates the keys of a keyboard. Cf. keyer n. 2.
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1970 Datamation 15 Sept. 114 (advt.) A mistake, either made by the key-stroker or even on the original card, will be found and corrected the same day.
1988 J. Leggett et al. in J. M. Carey Human Factors in Managem. Information Syst. ii. 37 The probability that the current keystroker is the owner of the current profile.
1995 Guardian 17 Oct. ii. 17/5 Astonishingly, they make very few mistakes—their accuracy rate is over 99.9 per cent, far higher, apparently, than anything achieved by English speaking key-strokers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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