keypress
nounEtymology From key + press.
1
The depression of an input key.
- But Allegro does allow you to read keypresses. Every event that's sent to an Allegro game comes in via a queue. That's just a list of data that describes which keys have been pressed, where the mouse is, and so on.2012, David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths, Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide, page 531:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.
- Derived terms
- interkeypress