keyboard-driventool

noun
UK /ˈkiːbɔːd ˈdraɪvən tuːl/
US /ˈkiːbɔːrd ˈdraɪvən tuːl/

A tool you control by pressing keys on a keyboard.

The drawing app is a keyboard-driventool that lets you make pictures with shortcuts.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A device that works mainly through typed commands instead of a mouse.

This keyboard-driventool is faster for typing long reports.

3. A program designed to be used with keyboard shortcuts.

Editors love a keyboard-driventool because they can work without touching the mouse.

4. Any machine whose main input comes from a keypad.

The old cash register was a simple keyboard-driventool.