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In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a sequence or combination of keystrokes on a computer keyboard which invokes commands in software.. Most keyboard shortcuts require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other.
On IBM PC compatible personal computers from the 1980s, the BIOS allowed the user to hold down the Alt key and type a decimal number on the keypad. It would place the corresponding code into the keyboard buffer so that it would look (almost) as if the code had been entered by a single keystroke.
There are also key chord combinations, such as keying an en dash ('–') by holding ALT+0150 on the numeric keypad of MS Windows computers. The HTML codes can be used where a literal character would cause confusion, such as using code "[" or "]" to show the left or right square bracket ('[' or ']').
Upside-down marks, simple in the era of hand typesetting, were originally recommended by the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), in the second edition of the Ortografía de la lengua castellana (Orthography of the Castilian language) in 1754 [3] recommending it as the symbol indicating the beginning of a question in written Spanish—e.g. "¿Cuántos años tienes?"
Baudot developed his first multiplexed telegraph in 1872 [3] [4] and patented it in 1874. [4] [5] In 1876, he changed from a six-bit code to a five-bit code, [4] as suggested by Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber in 1834, [3] [6] with equal on and off intervals, which allowed for transmission of the Roman alphabet, and included punctuation and control signals.
Their only album, Un Soplo en el Corazón has been praised for its poetic lyrics, inspired music and elegant artwork. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A tribute CD was published by the magazine Rockdelux in 2003 which featured acts including Fangoria, La Casa Azul and Los Planetas .
"Echa Pa'lla (Manos Pa'rriba)" [Shortening of Echa Para Allá (Manos Para Arriba)] (English version known as "Go Away (Hands Up)") is a Latin Grammy award-winning song by American recording artist Pitbull for his seventh studio album Global Warming. The song features guest vocals from Papayo. It was released on July 16, 2012. [1]
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.