"touch-typing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} touch-typing (uncountable)
  1. A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb. Wikipedia link: touch-typing Tags: uncountable Related terms: touch-type, touch-typist Translations (Translations): pisanie bezwzrokowe [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-touch-typing-en-noun-L3TBuTwu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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