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Mechanical keyboards (or mechanical-switch keyboards) are computer keyboards which have an individual switch for each key. The following table is a compilation list of mechanical keyboard models, brands, and series:
1.5 mm 4.0 mm 50 million Outemu Gaote/Outemu Browns [20] Cherry MX Browns Tactile 0.50 N 0.55 N 2.0 mm 4.0 mm 50 million Outemu Gaote/Outemu Blues [20] Cherry MX Blues Clicky 0.60 N 0.65 N 2.0 mm 4.0 mm 50 million Outemu Gaote/Outemu Black [20] Cherry MX Blacks Linear 0.70 N N/A 2.4 mm 4.0 mm 50 million Gateron Gateron Reds [21] Cherry MX Reds
Cherry's color-coding system of categorizing switches has been imitated by other switch manufacturers, such as Gateron and Kailh among many others. [4] [5] Keyboards which utilize this technology are commonly referred to as "mechanical keyboards", but there is not a universally agreed-upon clear-cut definition for this term. [6]
These keyboards were claimed to have the same reliability as the other "solid-state switch" keyboards such as inductive and Hall-effect, but competitive with direct-contact keyboards. Prices of $60 for keyboards were achieved, and Key Tronic rapidly became the largest independent keyboard manufacturer.
Key rollover is the ability of a computer keyboard to correctly handle several simultaneous keystrokes. A keyboard with n-key rollover (NKRO) can correctly detect input from each key on the keyboard at the same time, regardless of how many other keys are also being pressed. Keyboards that lack full rollover will register an incorrect keystroke ...
A keyset or chorded keyboard (also called a chorded keyset, chord keyboard or chording keyboard) is a computer input device that allows the user to enter characters or commands formed by pressing several keys together, like playing a "chord" on a piano. The large number of combinations available from a small number of keys allows text or ...
Pressing the Scroll Lock key in the Linux console while the text is scrolling through the screen freezes the console output (but not input) during which no further text is sent to the screen, while the program continues running as usual — or becomes blocked at the write syscall when too much data is prevented from reaching the terminal, causing the tty's output queue to become full if the ...