Keyboarding Vocab
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| Posture | position of a person's body when standing or sitting.
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| Hardware | tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.
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| Alt+tab | This shortcut switches between top-level windows without using the mouse.
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| 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.
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| Accuracy | the quality or state of being correct or precise.
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| WPM | typing speed
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| Backspace | key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that causes the carriage or cursor to move backward.
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| Keyboarding Posture | the way you sit when you are typing on a computer
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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. It is located in the position of a similar Shift
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| 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.
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| Control key | a key that alters the function of another key if both are pressed at the same time
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| 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
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| Cursor Control Key | Keys on terminal or microcomputer keyboards, usually designated with arrows, that position the screen cursor up, down, right or left.
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| Service Key | The Service Master Key is the root of the SQL Server encryption hierarchy
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| Delete | remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), esp. by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign.
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| Enter/return | Used to move the cursor down a line
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| software | he programs and other operating information used by a computer
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| Home Keys | a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard that acts as the base position for one's fingers in touch-typing.
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| Spacebar | a long key on a typewriter or computer keyboard for making a space between words.
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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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| PrtSc | print screen is a key present on most PC keyboards
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| Gross WPM | Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm, is a measure of input or output speed.
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| Net Wpm | Characters per minute, and words per minute
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