What Are The Divisions Of The Keyboard?

The keyboard is an input device and is used to give input to a computer. Keys are the buttons on the keyboard. Keys on keyboards are divided into four groups; Function keys, the Typewriter Area, Numeric keys and Cursor keys. Typewriter area consists of numeric keys, symbol keys alphabetic keys, and special function keys. There are 12 function keys on the top of keyboard. These keys are marked as F1, F2, F3 ….F12. All function keys have predefined meanings which depend on the application software. Typewriter area consists of numeric keys, symbol keys alphabetic keys, and special function keys. There are 26 alphabetic keys in typewriter area.

There are 14 numeric keys in typewriter area. Typewriter area has 21 keys of symbols. Some symbol keys are combined with numeric keys. There are different symbols such as @, #, $, %, * etc. In last part of typewriter area there are special function keys. There are 11 special function keys. Theses keys are arranged on keyboard like typewriter and behave like standard typewriter. Special function keys are space bar, caps lock; escape key, shift key, Ctrl key, Alt key etc. There is another numeric key pad having 17 keys. These keys are easy to use for operator.

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