Definitions
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- noun computing the set of four
keys on aQWERTY keyboard used tocontrol certaingames
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Examples
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You use the arrow keys or "WASD" to run and jump across the screen.
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Though The Incident loses its accelerometer-based controls in its Mac App Store form, the ability to move should be easily substituted by directional buttons or "WASD" controls.
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Oversized vertical space bar - with aligned "WASD" layout, dual "Ctrl" and custom enlarged keys to maximize comfort, increase control and fit all hand sizes.
OCTools 2008
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I have just started creating a program where i will be moving a PictureBox "around with the" WASD "keys.
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Arrows or WASD to move, Up/W to jump, Down/S to use Changers or lower the camera.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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It helped secure a console that obviously had little else going at that time yet morons believe it was saved by a bland texture-less repetitive poor imitation of a WASD-based action/adventure game in the perspective of a first person.
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I know most console gamers are familiar and comfortable with gamepads for FPS games, but I have been WASD-ing so long that it is second nature to me.
In Defense Of The Classic Controller SVGL 2009
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Please be advised that Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department (WASD) will be performing water valve maintenance on the Coral Gables campus beginning May 18th through June 30th 2009.
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Thinking back to it now, when I first played Half-Life all those years ago, I had no-one to tell me about the WASD control scheme.
October Round Table: Playing Halo with my Mother Ben Abraham 2008
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Thinking back to it now, when I first played Half-Life all those years ago, I had no-one to tell me about the WASD control scheme.
Archive 2008-10-01 Ben Abraham 2008
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