Keyboarding Vocabulary Review

The row of keys on the computer keyboard your fingers rest on when not typing. A, S, D, and F and your right-hand are J, K, L, and; (semicolon).

• Top Row

• Home Row

• Bottom Row

The key on a keyboard that causes all letters keyed to be capital letters.

• Enter

• Caps/Number Lock

• Tab

A keyboard key used to move the cursor (pointer) around on the screen.

• Navigation Key

• Backspace Key

• Tab

Consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols…

• Number Pad

• Top Row

• Alphanumeric

A combination of keystrokes on a computer keyboard which invokes commands in software. It provides a quicker method of using computer programs.

• Search

• Reach Key

• Shortcuts

On a standard English-language typewriter or computer keyboard; the first six letters of the top row.

• VBNM<

• 1@3$5^7

• QWERTY

• JKL;'

A key that alters the function of another key if both are pressed at the same time.

• Alt Key

• Shift Key

• Function Keys

• Control Keys

It is the primary location in Windows to locate your installed programs and find any files or folders.

• Windows Start Menu

• Task Pane

• Desktop

A specific form of touch typing that involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard (the home row) and having them reach for specific other keys.

• Reach Keys

• Function Keys

• Pecking