keypad

• key pad, key-pad (rare)

From key +‎ pad.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːpæd/

keypad (plural keypads)

1. A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.

   Hypernym: pad

   Many laptop computers have special function keys which turn part of the alphabetical keyboard into a numeric keypad.

   • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     He pulled a picture frame to one side, revealing a safe behind. Chang pressed four buttons on the keypad… …and the safe door whirred open.

• A keypad generally has fewer keys than a keyboard, laid out in a more or less square grid.