Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm, is a measure of input or output speed.
For the purpose of typing measurement a word is standardized to five characters or keystrokes, including spaces and punctuation. For example, "I run" counts as one word, and "rhinoceros" and "let's talk" both count as two.
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