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Keyboarding Vocab
Keyboarding Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Posture | the position of a person's body while standing or sitting. |
| hard ware | the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system |
| alt+tab | keyboard shortcut |
| Homerow | 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 | Words Per Minute |
| Back Space | cursor to move backward |
| Key Boarding Posture | to create a safe, comfortable environment at your computer |
| Caps Lock | a key on a computer keyboard that makes all the keys produce capital letters |
| Keyboard Shortcut | set of one or several keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user |
| Control Key (Ctrl) | a key that alters the function of another key if both are pressed at the same time |
| QWERTY | 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 | move the cursor |
| Service Keys | a specific use in order to save a user time. |
| Delete | a command or key on a computer that erases text |
| Shift Key | |
| Delete | a command or key on a computer that erases text |
| Enter/Return | Used to move the cursor down a line |
| Software | the programs and other operating information used by a computer. |
| Home Keys | to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L |
| Spacebar | to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L |
| 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 keyboard |
| Gross WPM | , is a measure of input or output speed |
| Net WPM | , is a measure of input or output speed |