| A | B |
| Technique | The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the keyboard. |
| Touch-method | To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method |
| Posture | The way the typits sits; the way the typist arms, wrist, fingers, legs and feet are placed |
| Work Area | Arrangement of the keyboard, copy, mouse, and other materials on the desk |
| Alphabetic Keys | Letter keys on the keyboard |
| Enter/Return | Uswed to move the cursor down a line |
| GWAM (Gross Words a Minute) | The number of keystrokes a typist can make in a timed period; con 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 |
| Space Bar | Used to insert spaces between characters |
| Standard Keyboarding Word | Five characters or any combination of five characters and spaces |