space-cadet keyboard

noun

A style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.

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Meanings

nounspace-cadet keyboard (plural space-cadet keyboards)

plural space-cadet keyboards

  1. computingA style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.
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space-cadet keyboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space-cadet%20keyboard

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Chicago

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