keypress

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keypress

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noun keypresses · key press

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.
Similar: keystroke
The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.

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@misc{keypress_2026,
  title = {keypress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keypress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}