Crossword clues for space bar
The Collaborative International Dictionary
space bar \space bar\ or space key \space key\ (Mach., Computers) A bar or key, in a typewriter, typesetting machine, or other keyboard (as a computer keyboard), used to insert a space between letters.
Wiktionary
n. (context computing English) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed
WordNet
n. the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used
Wikipedia
thumb|The space bar is on the bottom center of the keyboard The space bar, spacebar, blank, or space key, is a key on a typewriter or alphanumeric keyboard in the form of a horizontal bar in the lowermost row, significantly wider than other keys. Its main purpose is to conveniently enter a space, e.g., between words during typing.
A typical space bar key is very large, enough so that a thumb from either hand can use it, and is almost always found on the bottom row of standard keyboard layouts.
Usage examples of "space bar".
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And neither does it take him very long to write a little bit of code that turns his computer's space bar into a Morse code key, so that he can talk to the machine by whacking out dots and dashes with his thumb.
This might look a little conspicuous, if not for the fact that Randy spends half of his time reading text files in little windows on the screen, and the way you page through a text file in most UNIX systems is by whacking the space bar.
Curtis lifted the laptop up and activated the trigger programme again, holding his finger down on the space bar and leaving it there.
It is similar to that seen in typists, but I would have expected an indentation across your right thumb from the space bar.
When he was starting to hack years ago he found that eight fingers were too slow so he'd taught himself a new keyboarding technique in which he used his thumbs on certain keys too, not just reserving them for the space bar.