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  2. Keyboard technology - Wikipedia

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    The keyboard sends the key code to the keyboard driver running in the main computer; if the main computer is operating, it commands the light to turn on. All the other indicator lights work in a similar way. The keyboard driver also tracks the shift, alt and control state of the keyboard.

  3. Computer keyboard - Wikipedia

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    A computer keyboard is a built-in or peripheral input device modeled after the typewriter keyboard [1] [2] which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

  4. Keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    A typical 105-key computer keyboard, consisting of sections with different types of keys. A computer keyboard consists of alphanumeric or character keys for typing, modifier keys for altering the functions of other keys, [1] navigation keys for moving the text cursor on the screen, function keys and system command keys—such as Esc and Break—for special actions, and often a numeric keypad ...

  5. Arrow keys - Wikipedia

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    The Jupiter Ace keyboard was similar but with up and down functions swapped. [ 5 ] In some software for these machines (eg. games), the unshifted 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8 keys were directly associated with direction control when they had no other purpose, as this meant less complicated keypress detection routines could be used.

  6. Numeric keypad - Wikipedia

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    Numeric keypad, integrated with keyboard Numeric keypad, as a separate unit. For use with a shorter keyboard or laptop which omits the numberpad Bluetooth numeric keypad, working also as calculator A numeric keypad , number pad , numpad , or ten key , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is the palm-sized, usually-17-key section of a standard computer keyboard ...

  7. Enter key - Wikipedia

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    Apple Pro keyboard, showing symbols on the return key and, on the number pad, the enter key. The return key symbol is U+23CE ⏎ RETURN SYMBOL, an arrow pointing down and leftward; however, rendering of the symbol varies greatly by typeface, with it appearing hollow in some or with an additional initial rightward bar in others.

  8. Glodok - Wikipedia

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    Glodok (Chinese: 裹踱刻; pinyin: guǒ duó kè) is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area is also known as Pecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are Chinese descent. The area dates back to colonial times when in ...

  9. Dvorak keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    The modern Dvorak layout (U.S.) Dvorak / ˈ d v ɔːr æ k / ⓘ [1] is a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout).