keyboarder
keyboarder — noun
- keyboardersingular
- keyboardersplural
1. an office worker whose main daily task is typing records, numbers, or text on a
an office worker whose main daily task is typing records, numbers, or text on a computer keyboard so the content is stored in a database or document.
The hospital hired three keyboarders to type patient records into the new computer system.
typical workplace: keyboarders + verb of input
Sayaka worked as a keyboarder at a small law firm in Taipei for two years.
pattern: work as a keyboarder + at/for + organisation
Skilled keyboarders can type more than ninety words per minute without making mistakes.
The publishing company laid off many keyboarders after switching to voice-to-text software.
Chidi enjoys his job as a keyboarder because the work is quiet and steady.
- typist
more common everyday term for the same job
- data entry clerk
modern job-advert term; usually paid hourly in an office
- data entry operator
formal HR term, often used by large companies and agencies
文法句型
a keyboarder + at/for + organisation
用法筆記
Often replaced in modern job adverts by 'data entry clerk' or 'data entry operator'; 'keyboarder' tends to appear in older or more formal job descriptions.