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Keyboarding Vocab
Keyboarding Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| posture | the postion of a person's body while standind or sitting |
| alt+tab (try it!) | switch between widows |
| hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system |
| homework | schoolwork that a student is required to do at home. |
| accuracy | the quality or state of being correct or precise |
| wpm | The definition of WPM is "Words Per Minute" |
| backspace | to move the typing element of a typewriter, the cursor on a computer display, etc., one space backward, as by depressing a special key. |
| keyboard shortcut | A keyboard shortcut is a combination of keys that, when pressed simultaneously, perform some task that ordinarily requires use of a mouse or other input device and may take longer to do |
| caps lock | Caps lock is a lock key found on many computer keyboards, depending on the local keyboard layout they implement. |
| keyboarding posture | known as hand-span. Hand-span tells you how far you should sit away from your keyboard. If you sit too far away, you will not be able to reach the keys above homerow |
| 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 | Cursor controls keys are the keys on computer keyboards that move the cursor. |
| service key | Service definition is key to service management. Service definition enables both the customer and the service provider to know what to expect and not expect from a service |
| delete | When struck on a computer keyboard during text or command editing, the delete key discards the character ahead of the cursor's position |
| shift key | a slight change in position, direction, or tendency |
| enter/return | Alternatively referred to as a return key, the enter key when referring to a keyboard is used to return a cursor to the next line or execute a command or operation. |
| software | the programs and other operating information used by a computer. |
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