keypad
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keypad (plural keypads)
- A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.
- Hypernym: pad
- Many laptop computers have special function keys which turn part of the alphabetical keyboard into a numeric keypad.
- 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- He pulled a picture frame to one side, revealing a safe behind. Chang pressed four buttons on the keypad… …and the safe door whirred open.
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- A keypad generally has fewer keys than a keyboard, laid out in a more or less square grid.
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small board with keys
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