Typing glossary
Typing glossary
Use these short definitions to understand the numbers and terms in your PeakTock results.
Core terms
Understand your results
- Accuracy
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The share of your key presses or words that are correct.
- Consistency
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How similar your timing is each time you type the same pattern.
- Mastery
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A personal score that combines speed, accuracy, consistency, and evidence.
- Observation
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One recorded example of a key, key pair, or word.
- Evidence confidence
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How strongly PeakTock can trust a result from the examples it has seen.
- Words per minute
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Your overall typing speed, usually shortened to WPM.
- Same-finger bigram
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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.