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Keyboarding Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Posture | position of a person's body when standing or sitting. |
| Hardware | tools, machinery, and other durable equipment. |
| Alt+tab | This shortcut switches between top-level windows without using the mouse. |
| Homerow | hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right. |
| Accuracy | the quality or state of being correct or precise. |
| WPM | typing speed |
| Backspace | key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that causes the carriage or cursor to move backward. |
| Keyboarding Posture | the way you sit when you are typing on a computer |
| Caps Lock | Caps lock is a lock key found on many computer keyboards, depending on the local keyboard layout they implement. It is located in the position of a similar Shift |
| Keyboarding shortcut | All shortcuts require the Control key to be pressed. Additionally, the Heading commands under the Style menu and commands under the Link menu require the ⇧ Shift key to be held down. |
| Control key | a key that alters the function of another key if both are pressed at the same time |
| QWERTY | enoting 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 | Keys on terminal or microcomputer keyboards, usually designated with arrows, that position the screen cursor up, down, right or left. |
| Service Key | The Service Master Key is the root of the SQL Server encryption hierarchy |
| Delete | remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), esp. by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign. |
| Enter/return | Used to move the cursor down a line |
| software | he programs and other operating information used by a computer |
| Home Keys | a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard that acts as the base position for one's fingers in touch-typing. |
| Spacebar | 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. |
| PrtSc | print screen is a key present on most PC keyboards |
| Gross WPM | Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm, is a measure of input or output speed. |
| Net Wpm | Characters per minute, and words per minute |