click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
keyboarding vocab
keyboarding vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| posture | the position o fa persons body while standing or sitting |
| hardware | Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer system. |
| accuracy | the quality or state of being correct or precise. |
| WPM | typing test |
| backspace | a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that causes the carriage or cursor to move backward. |
| keyboarding posture | to place in a particular posture or attitude. |
| caps lock | Caps lock is a lock key found on many computer keyboards, depending on the local keyboard layout they implement |
| keyboard shortcut | In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a set of one or several keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user. |
| control key(ctrl) | A key used to access commands through the keyboard rather than the menus. CTRL commands are commonly shortcuts. |
| QWERTY | . denoting the standard layout on English-language typewriters and keyboards, having q, w, e, r, t, and y as the first keys from the left on the top row of letters. |
| cursor control key | Cursor-control keys (keyboard)) Keys on terminal or microcomputer keyboards, usually designated with arrows, that position the screen cursor up, down, right or left. |
| service keys | Defining services is the key to service management |
| delete | . remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), esp. by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign. |
| shift key | a slight change in position, direction, or tendency. |
| enter/run | to enter into an election contest |
| software | the programs and other operating information used by a computer. |
| home keys | the basic key in which a work is written; the tonic key. |
| spacebar | spaces between words. a long key on a typewriter or computer keyboard for making a space between words. |
| function keys | a button on a computer keyboard, distinct from the main alphanumeric keys, to which software can assign a particular function. |
| PrSc | The Social Christian Reformist Party is a centre-right political party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario |
| gross WPM | Gross Words Per Minute |
| net WPM | WPM means Words Per Minute. |