[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

keyboard \key"board`\, n.
   the whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys3 of an
   organ, piano, typewriter, etc.; that part of a device
   containing the keys3 used to operate it.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

keyboard
     n 1: device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or
          typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the
          like
     2: holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys
        or locks can be hung

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "keyboard":
   autotype, choir, claviature, console, echo, eighty-eight,
   electrotype, fingerboard, great, ivories, keys, linotype, manual,
   monotype, organ manual, palaeotype, pedals, piano keys, solo,
   stereotype, swell

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

keyboard
     
         a hardware device consisting of a number of
        mechanical buttons keys which the user presses to input
        characters to a computer.
     
        keyboards were originally part of terminals which were
        separate peripheral devices that performed both input and
        output and communicated with the computer via a serial line.
        today a keyboard is more likely to be connected more directly
        to the processor, allowing the processor to scan it and detect
        which key or keys are currently pressed.  pressing a key sends
        a low-level key code to the keyboard input driver routine
        which translates this to one or more characters or special
        actions.
     
        keyboards vary in the keys they have, most have keys to
        generate the ascii character set as well as various
        function keys and special purpose keys, e.g. reset or volume
        control.
     
        2003-07-04
     
     
see also:
hardware terminals peripheral serial line key code characters 
ascii character set function keys 

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