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Computer keyboard keys descriptions

Number

101 Keyboard 104 Keyboard 12-key keyboard 20-key keyboard 8042 keyboard controller

A

ALT Ampersand Any key Apostrophe Arrow keys Asterisk AT sign AT keyboard Azerty

B

Back quote Backslash Backspace key Bang Bracket Break Butterfly keyboard

C

Caps lock Caret Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Case sensitive Chiclet keyboard Close bracket Colon Comma Command key Compose key Control keys CR CTRL Curly bracket

D

Double bucky Dvorak keyboard

E

End key Enhanced Keyboard Enter key ESC ETAION SHRDLU Exclamation mark

F

Fat finger FilterKeys Fn Forward slash Function keys

G

Greater than GT GWAM GWPM

H

HID Home key Home row keys Hotkey Hunt and peck Hyphen

I

Input device Input driver Insert key

J

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K

Key Key in Keyboard Keyboard buffer Keyboard controller Keyboard layout Keyboard repeat Keyboard shortcut Keyboard template Keycap Keylogger Keypad Keystroke

L

LT

M

Meta key Modifier key MouseKeys

N

Numeric keypad NUM Lock NWAM

O

Octothorpe On-Screen keyboard Open bracket Option key OSK

P

Page Down key Page Up key Pause key PC/XT keyboard Percent Period Pg Dn key Pg Up key Pipe Plus Pound Print screen key Programmable function key PS/2

Q

Question mark Quote QWERTY keyboard

R

Repeat rate

S

Scan codes Scroll lock key Semicolon Shift clicking Shift key Shortcut key Single quote Spacebar Special key Symbol SysRq

T

Tab Togglekeys Touch type TTY Thumb keyboard Tilde ToggleKeys Type Typematic rate

U

Underscore Unprintable character

V

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W

Wack WAM WASD keys Whack White space Windows key Windows keyboard WPM Wrist rest WSAD keys

X

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Z

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