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Typing glossary

# Typing glossary

Use these short definitions to understand the numbers and terms in your PeakTock results. 

By PeakTock · Updated August 12, 2026 

Core terms

## Understand your results

Accuracy

The share of your key presses or words that are correct.

Consistency

How similar your timing is each time you type the same pattern.

Mastery

A personal score that combines speed, accuracy, consistency, and evidence.

Observation

One recorded example of a key, key pair, or word.

Evidence confidence

How strongly PeakTock can trust a result from the examples it has seen.

Words per minute

Your overall typing speed, usually shortened to WPM.

Same-finger bigram

A two-key sequence that standard QWERTY touch typing assigns to the same finger.

ED uses the left middle finger twice. The full ED guide shows the movement, finger placement, and focused drill.

[See the ED guide and drill](/learn/bigrams/ed/)

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