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  2. List of keyboard switches - Wikipedia

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    Switch name Cherry MX equivalent Switch Type Actuation force Tactile force Actuation point Total travel Product code Durability (actuations) Cherry: Cherry: Black [1] Cherry MX Black: Linear: 0.60 N: N/A: 2.0 mm: 4.0 mm: MX1A-11xx >100 million Cherry: Cherry: Red [2] Cherry MX Red: Linear: 0.45 N: N/A: 2.0 mm: 4.0 mm: MX1A-L1xx >100 million ...

  3. Caps Lock - Wikipedia

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    The Caps Lock key on a PC keyboard with US keyboard layout (near upper-left corner, below the Tab key and above the left Shift key). Caps Lock (⇪ Caps Lock) is a button on a computer keyboard that causes all letters of bicameral scripts to be generated in capital letters.

  4. Buckling spring - Wikipedia

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    The coil spring tensed between the keycap and a pivoting hammer buckles (i.e. kinks or collapses) at a certain point in its downward traverse, providing auditory and tactile feedback to the keyboard operator. Upon buckling, the hammer is pivoted forward by the spring and strikes an electrical contact which registers the key press.

  5. IBM PC keyboard - Wikipedia

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    Another example is the Emacs editor, which makes extensive use of modifier keys, and uses the Control key more than the meta key (IBM PC instead has the Alt key) – these date to the Knight keyboard, which had the Control key on the inside of the Meta key, opposite to the Model M, where it is on the outside of the Alt key; and to the space ...

  6. German keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    The arrow key under TAB is the ↣ Backspace key, [5] which is pointing in the direction the paper would move rather than the way a cursor would move (as on a modern computer keyboard). Detail of a keyboard of a German IBM Portable PC 5155, produced about 1984–85

  7. Float switch - Wikipedia

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    A pedestal sump pump with a float switch. A float switch is a type of level sensor, a device used to detect the level of liquid within a tank. The switch may be used to control a pump, as an indicator, an alarm, or to control other devices. One type of float switch uses a mercury switch inside a hinged float.

  8. When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The keyboard was never fixed that night. The production of the album was not official, as it was taken from a live stereo recording from the mix off stage. Thus there was no way for it to be properly mixed so everything is how the audience heard it. The name of the album alludes to the track "When the Water Breaks" from Liquid Tension Experiment 2.

  9. Water timer - Wikipedia

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    The electric pump is to be arranged to be turned on and off at regular intervals by the time switch to administer (fairly) precise and regular water quantities. [1] This approach, used frequently in DIY watering systems, allows financial savings as the water timer can be discarded. For high-end applications, water timers sometimes allow more ...