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Turbo button. The LED display showing the CPU clock frequency, in MHz, of an Intel 80486 based computer. The turbo button is the small button below the segment display; the amber light above is a secondary indicator of the turbo button state. On IBM PC compatible computers, the turbo button selects one of two run states: the default "turbo ...
Caps Lock. The Caps Lock key on a PC keyboard with US keyboard layout (near upper-left corner, below the Tab key and above the left Shift key) Caps Lock ⇪ Caps Lock is a button on a computer keyboard that causes all letters of bicameral scripts to be generated in capital letters. It is a toggle key: each press reverses the previous action.
Alt + Space then S [notes 10] then Arrow Keys and ↵ Enter (to save new size) Alt + F3 then S then Arrow Keys. Alt + F8 then Arrow Keys / Alt +Right Mouse Button [notes 11] Ctrl + x, then ^ vertically. Alt +] (snap window to right half of screen), Alt + [ (snap window to left half of screen) Keep window always on top.
Scroll Lock (⤓ or ⇳) is a lock key (typically with an associated status light) on most IBM -compatible computer keyboards. Depending on the operating system, it may be used for different purposes, and applications may assign functions to the key or change their behavior depending on its toggling state. [1][2] The key is not frequently used ...
Modifier keys on personal computers. The most common are: ⇧ Shift. ⌃ Ctrl (C on tr o l) ⎇ Alt (Alt ernate) – also labelled ⌥ Option on Apple keyboards. ⇮ AltGr (Alt ernate Gr aphic) Meta – Meta key, found on MIT, Symbolics, and Sun Microsystems keyboards. Hyper – Hyper key, found on the Space-cadet keyboard.
User initiated hard resets can be used to reset the device if the software hangs, crashes, or is otherwise unresponsive. However, data may become corrupted if this occurs. [6] Generally, a hard reset is initiated by pressing a dedicated reset button On some systems (e.g, the PlayStation 2 video game console), pressing and releasing the power ...
The Alt key Alt (pronounced / ɔːlt / AWLT or / ʌlt / ULT) on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. For example, simply pressing A will type the letter 'a', but holding down the Alt key while pressing A will cause ...
A keyboard with Num Lock turned on as indicated by a LED. Num Lock or Number Lock (⇭) is a key on the numeric keypad of most computer keyboards. It is a lock key, like Caps Lock and Scroll Lock. Its state affects the function of the numeric keypad commonly located to the right of the main keyboard and is commonly displayed by an LED built ...