| A | B |
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| Technique | The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the keyboard |
| touch-method/touch typing | To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method |
| posture | The way the typist sits; the way the typist's arms, wrists, fingers, legs, and feet are placed |
| work station | Arrangement of the keyboard, copy, mouse, and other materials on the desk |
| GWAM | The number of keystrokes a typist can make in a time period; can calculate by dividing the total number of standard words keyed by the number of minutes that the typist was timed |
| QWERTY keyboard | The most commonly used keyboard arrangement |
| standard keyboarding word | Five characters or any combination of five characters and spaces |
| Character | any typed letter, number, or symbol |
| Alphabetic Home Row keys | the row of keys on the keyboard on which your fingers rest when not typing; A S D F J K L ; |
| Ergonomics | The study of how a person’s work environment and tools affect the person |
| Enter | used to move the cursor to the next line |
| space bar | used to insert spaces between characters |
