Definition of keyboard keys (computer)

This article is based on the keys on a typical IBM PC keyboard. The PC keyboard accumulates keys that come from teletypes and typewriters.

Some keys have been added to improve user productivity as software applications have progressed, while others have been added for certain operating systems such as Microsoft’s Windows.

Keys according to their origin

Keys that come from typewriters

⇧Shift

(Shift)

Caps Lock

(Caps Lock)

Enter

(Get in)

Tab ↹

(Tabulator)

Keys that come from ticker keyboards

ctrl

(control key)

esc

(escape key)

~

(tilde or tilde in English)

`

(Grave accent)

`

(Grave accent)

^

(circumflex)

*

(asterisk)

_

(underscore)

|

(pleta or vertical bar)

Keys created for computers with a screen

F1

,

F2

,

F3

… (function keys)

↑

,

→

,

←

,

↓

(direction keys)

Start

(Home)

The end

(End)

PgUp

(page down)

PgDN

(page up)

Of

(Delete or Remove)

ins

(Insert)

Print Screen

(print screen or Print Screen)

bloq NUM

(num lock)

scroll lock

(Scroll lock)

pause

(pause)

Alt

(Alt)

⊞ Win

(Windows key)

≣ Menu

(menu key)

AltGr

(alt graph)

FN

(function)