keyboarding vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| posture | the position of a person's body while standing or sitting
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| alt+tab | switch between windows
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| accuracy | . The ability of a measurement to match the actual value of the quantity being measured.
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| backspace | a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to cause the carriage or cursor to move backwards
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| caps lock | Caps lock is a lock key found on many computer keyboards, depending on the local keyboard layout they implement
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| conrol key | a key which alters the function of another key if the two are pressed at the same time.
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| cursor control key | a key which alters the function of another key if the two are pressed at the same time.
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| delete | remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
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| enter/return | come or go into (a place)
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| home keys | the basic key in which a work is written.
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| function keys | a button on a computer keyboard, distinct from the main alphanumeric keys, to which software can assign a particular function.
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| gross wpm | the amount of words you type with out using erros
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| hardware | tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.
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| homerow | (in touch typing) the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (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, and the semicolon for the righ
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| wpm | Words per minute (WPM) is a measure of typing speed, commonly used in
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| keyboarding posture | the relative disposition of the parts of something
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| 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.
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