Input and Key

Input

Input verb - Enter (data or a program) into a computer.

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Key and input are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a verb "Input".

Nearby Word: inputting

Key verb - To bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences.

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Input and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Input" instead a verb "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

special	special input	special key
particular	particular input	particular key
specific	specific input	specific key
right	right input	right key
Other adjectives: certain, correct, relative, single, small, actual, real, main, important, new, major, possible, final, additional, strange, different, higher, directional.

Anti-Frustration Features: Safemode, which will refuse any input except one specific key wherever a hostile monster is found.

Source: Video Game / Cataclysm
Any game where you are "making" the music (Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc) will mute out the music if you stop playing and\or make off-key sounds if you hit the wrong input.

Source: Musical Gameplay
Big Secret: The exact Rom versions being used, as well as the exact input method, remain under lock and key even with three days to go before the run.

Source: Lets Play / Twitch Plays Touhoumon And Moemon

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