keybounce
nounUK /ˈkiːbaʊns/
Etymology From key + bounce.
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Business, Computer hardware, Computing, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences Multiple recorded keystrokes from a single press of a key on a computer keyboard due to poor electrical contact.
- Many of you have experienced what we call “Keybounce” — multiple letters from one keystroke.1978 November, Radio Shack Microcomputer Newsletter:
- A typical inexpensive key will settle down within five milliseconds, so if the keyboard scanning software polls the key less often than this, the controller will effectively miss the keybounce.2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code Volume 1: Understanding the Machine, →ISBN, page 348:
- Related terms
- debounce