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Spacebar vs. space key? #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:27 am   Spacebar vs. space key?
 

So what do you call that long key on your keyboard that lets you put spaces between characters and letters -- is it the spacebar, the space bar or the space key?

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Spacebar vs. space key? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:56 am   Spacebar vs. space key?
 

It is called "Spacebar".
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Spacebar vs. space key? #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:06 am   Spacebar vs. space key?
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_bar.

Seems all of them are just fine.
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Spacebar vs. space key? #4 (permalink) Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:39 am   Spacebar vs. space key?
 

Hi Torsten,

I would plump for space bar.

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Spacebar vs. space key? #5 (permalink) Wed Nov 05, 2008 19:19 pm   Spacebar vs. space key?
 

Me too!
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