two-fingered typing

noun

A method of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist uses only two fingers (usually the index fingers) to operate the keys, typically because unfamiliar with the layout of the keyboard.

Similar
hunt and peckhunt-and-peck methodsystemtechnique
Opposite
touch-typing
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Meanings

nountwo-fingered typing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA method of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist uses only two fingers (usually the index fingers) to operate the keys, typically because unfamiliar with the layout of the keyboard.

    Synonyms: hunt and peck, hunt-and-peck method, system, technique

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA method of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist uses only two fingers (usually the index fingers) to operate the keys, typically because unfamiliar with the layout of the keyboard.

Similar
hunt and peckhunt-and-peck methodsystemtechnique
Opposite
touch-typing
Also see
hunt and peck
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