keypad

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key·pad /ˈkiːpæd/ noun [countableC]

TDa small box with buttons on it, used to put information into a computer, telephone etc 〔计算机、电话等的〕小键盘；辅助键盘

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keypad• Insufficient support is provided for both keyboard and keypad which sag under pressure but the key actions are quite nice.• With his keyboard, his keypad, and his mouse, Engelbart embarked on a journey through information itself.• There was no keypad to cope with, no combination to be entered.• The extra keyboard facilities include both Delete and Edit keys and a numeric keypad but once again the Break function isn't labelled.• Users can listen to the spoken messages and direct facsimiles to any machine using the phone keypad.• The remote keypad eliminates disturbance to the balance caused when operating the function keys.• The keypads, he says, often break because fatigue fractures appear in the circuit boards of phones.• John Echols and other inventors at Essex have created various keypads that are impervious to the elements as well as urban vandals.

From Longman Business Dictionary

keypadkey·pad /ˈkiːpæd/ noun [countableC]COMPUTINGTELECOMMUNICATIONS

a small box with buttons on it which you can use to put information into a computer, telephone etc

a keypad which lets customers add up costs as they shop

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