space bar (plural space bars )
( computing ) A key , in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard , that generates a space character when pressed.
1893 , Bates Torrey, Instuction in Practical Shorthand , page 276 :Hand position is best secured by dropping the fourth fingers upon P and Q and making the other fingers fall naturally upon the next figures in order, P O I U, for right hand, and Q W E R for the left; then place the right thumb on the space bar , and if the elbows are close to the body, a good hand position is attained.
key
Afrikaans: spasiebalk
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: boşluq düyməsi
Bulgarian: интервал (bg) m ( interval )
Catalan: barra espaiadora f , barra d'espai f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 空 そら 格 かく (zh) ( kònggé ) , 空 そら 格 かく 鍵 かぎ / 空 そら 格 かく 键 ( kònggé jiàn )
Czech: mezerník (cs) m
Dutch: spatiebalk (nl) m
Esperanto: spacetklavo
Finnish: välilyöntinäppäin
French: barre d’espace f , espace (fr) f
Galician: barra espaciadora f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Leertaste (de) f
Hungarian: szóköz (hu)
Irish: barra spásála m , spásbharra m
Italian: barra spaziatrice (it) f
Japanese: スペースバー ( supēsubā ) , スペース (ja) ( supēsu )
Khmer: គ្រាប់ចុច ចន្លោះមិនឃើញ ( krŏəpcoc cɑɑnlŭəhmɨnkhəəñ )
Korean: 스페이스 바 ( seupeiseu ba ) , 스페이스 (ko) ( seupeiseu )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: pae mokowā
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mellomromstast m
Nynorsk: mellomromstast m
Polish: spacja (pl) f
Portuguese: espaço (pt) m , barra de espaço f
Romanian: bară de spațiu f , tastă de spațiu f , spațiu (ro) , spacebar
Russian: пробе́л (ru) m ( probél ) ( клавиша )
Slovak: preslednica
Spanish: barra espaciadora f , tecla espaciadora f
Swedish: mellanslag (sv) n , mellanslagstangent c , blanksteg (sv) n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: སྟོང་མིག་འཐེབ ( stong mig 'theb ) , བར་སྟོང་འཐེབ ( bar stong 'theb )
Turkish: boşluk (tr)
Ukrainian: про́пуск m ( própusk ) , пробі́л m ( probíl )
Vietnamese: phím cách , phím khoảng cách , phím dài , phím dấu cách , nút cách