Num Lock is a key on the numeric keypad of most keyboards, used to switch that pad between number entry and arrow keys. It is a toggle key, like Caps Lock and Scroll Lock. Its state is usually represented by a light on the keyboard. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... The caps lock on a modern Windows keyboard. ... Scroll Lock is a key (with an associated status light) on most modern desktop computer keyboards. ...
The Num Lock key exists because earlier 84-key IBM PC keyboards did not have arrows separate from the numeric keypad. Num Lock would be used to choose between the two functions. IBM PC (IBM 5150) with keyboard and green screen monochrome monitor (IBM 5151), running MS-DOS 5. ...
When a computer'soperating system crashes or hangs the Num Lock key is usually the only key that responds to being pressed. A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Num Lock is also used in standard BIOS for extra input. The end key among other keys The end key is a key commonly found on computer keyboards. ... Arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. ... Arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. ... Arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. ... The home key among other keys The home key is a key commonly found on computer keyboards. ... Arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. ... The Insert key (often abbreviated to INS) commonly found on keyboards is mostly used to switch between the two main modes of entering text on a computer. ... The user pressing the delete key on a Macintosh On computer keyboards, the delete key (sometimes shortened Del), should, during normal text editing, discard the character at the cursors position, moving all following characters one position back towards the freed place. ...