🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गलत कुंजी दबाना

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: galat kunji dabana

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Miskey/mɪsˈkiː/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पासवर्ड टाइप करते समय गलत कुंजी दबाने से त्रुटि हो गई।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To press the wrong key on a keyboard, typewriter, or keypad.

    "She realized she had miskeyed her password on the login screen."
As noun
  1. 1

    An instance of pressing an incorrect key on a keyboard or input device.

    "A single miskey in the code can cause the entire program to fail."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the pejorative prefix mis- (denoting wrong or incorrect action) with the noun or verb key (referring to a typewriter, computer keyboard, or security lock). The term emerged during the mid-20th century with the advent of mechanical keypunch machines and typewriters, later expanding to encompass digital keystroke errors.

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