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Keypress vs Comptometer - What's the difference?

keypress | comptometer |

As nouns the difference between keypress and comptometer

is that keypress is the depression of an input key; a keystroke while comptometer is a mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.

keypress

English

Alternative forms

* key press

Noun

(es)
  • The depression of an input key; a keystroke.
  • (computing) The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.

    • comptometer

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia comptometer) (en noun)
  • A mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.