(1) A keyboard displayed on a touch screen. Also called a "soft keyboard," tapping the "virtual keys" with a stylus or finger is the same as pressing a real key on a keyboard. See soft key.
The iPhone's Virtual Keyboard
Until you remove your finger on the iPhone keyboard, there is no input. If you press the wrong letter, which you can tell immediately from the enlarged letter feedback, you can slide your finger to the correct letter and then let go.
(2) A representation of a keyboard projected onto a flat surface such as a desktop. With a person's typing on the keys being picked up by an optical or electronic beam, it enables a full-size keyboard to be used on a handheld device.
Lightweight and Full Size
Projecting the image onto a flat surface allows a full-size keyboard to be used almost anywhere as in this VKB keyboard for a PDA. (Image courtesy of VKB Ltd., www.vkb.co.il)
The iPhone's Virtual Keyboard
Until you remove your finger on the iPhone keyboard, there is no input. If you press the wrong letter, which you can tell immediately from the enlarged letter feedback, you can slide your finger to the correct letter and then let go.
(2) A representation of a keyboard projected onto a flat surface such as a desktop. With a person's typing on the keys being picked up by an optical or electronic beam, it enables a full-size keyboard to be used on a handheld device.
Lightweight and Full Size
Projecting the image onto a flat surface allows a full-size keyboard to be used almost anywhere as in this VKB keyboard for a PDA. (Image courtesy of VKB Ltd., www.vkb.co.il)
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2009 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
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