Keyboard

Keyboard

Computer receives most of its input from the user via keyboard that is very similar to a typewriter.

Keys:

Backspace Key: Deletes the character just to the left of the cursor and moves the cursor to that position.

Delete Key: Deletes the character at the current cursor position or to the right of the insertion point or deletes the selected content.

Arrow Key: Four Arrows keys for moving the cursor or insertion point right,left,up or down.Moving the arrow keys doesn't delete any character on the screen.

Caps Lock Key: A toggle key that, when activated ,causes all alphabetic character to be uppercase.

Home Key: Moves the cursor to the top left corner of the screen or tho the beginning of the file.

End Key: Moves the cursor to the end of the line, the of page.

Enter: Used to enter commands or to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line.

Esc: Short for Escape. This key is used to send special codes to the device or to exit.

Function Key: Special keys labeled F1 to F12 each key perform different functionality according to the application we are using.

Ctrl Key: Short for control.This key is used in conjunction with other keys to produce control characters.

Alt Key: Short for Alternate. Same as Control key.

Pageup and Pagedown: Moves the cursor up of down and abbreviated as PgUp or PgDn.

Numeric Keypad: A separate set of keys on some keyboards that contain the numbers 0 to 9 and decimal with some operators like

+,-,*,/.

to use from this area Num Lock Must Be ON.

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Published By: atulith - Saturday, 26 April 2014