THE KEYBOARD - DEFINITION, TYPES, SECTIONS AND MASTERING THE KEYBOARD (JS1 NOTES)
THE KEYBOARD DEFINITION, TYPES, SECTIONS AND MASTERING THE KEYBOARD DEFINITION OF KEYBOARD The keyboard is an input device that is used to enter data into the computer . A standard keyboard has 101 keys which include alphabetic characters, punctuation symbols, numbers and varieties of function keys. The style of keyboard mostly used today is the QWERTY keyboard. TYPES OF KEYBOARD 1. Mechanical keyboard 2. Wireless keyboard 3. Virtual Keyboard 4. USB keyboard 5. Ergonomic keyboard. SECTIONS ON THE KEYBOARD/KEYBOARD SECTIONS The keyboard is divided into sections namely: (i) The numeric keys (0-9) (ii) The alphabetic keys (A-Z) (iii) Function keys (FI -F12) (iv) Arrow keys (up/down/left/right) (v) Special keys (...