Computer keyboard terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Keyboard terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 740 terms like function keys, scroll lock, Ctrl, and Alt. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'T' to find terms like 'tilde' in the 'T' section.

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Computer keyboard keys descriptions
Top 10 keyboard terms
Scroll lock

Keyboard
Function keys
Input device
Windows key
Alt+F4
Scroll lock key
Tilde
Ctrl
Back quote
Fn

Number

12-key keyboard
20-key keyboard
101 keyboard
104 keyboard
8042 keyboard controller

A
Keyboard arrow keys

Alt
Alt+-
Alt+=
Alt+'
Alt+/
Alt+0
Alt+1
Alt+2
Alt+3
Alt+4
Alt+5
Alt+6
Alt+7
Alt+8
Alt+9
Alt+A
Alt+B
Alt+backspace
Alt+C
Alt code
Alt+D
Alt+dash
Alt+down
Alt+E
Alt+End
Alt+Enter
Alt+equal
Alternate key
Alt+Esc
Alt+F
Alt+F1
Alt+F2
Alt+F3
Alt+F4
Alt+F5
Alt+F6
Alt+F7
Alt+F8
Alt+F9
Alt+F10
Alt+F11
Alt+F12
Alt+G
ALTG
Alt Gr
Alt+H
Alt+Home
Alt+hyphen
Alt+I
Alt+Ins
Alt+J
Alt+K
Alt key
Alt+L
Alt+left
Alt+M
Alt+minus
Alt+N
Alt+O
Alt+P
Alt+Print Screen
Alt+PrtScr
Alt+Q
Alt+R
Alt+right
Alt+S
Alt+Shift+<
Alt+Shift+,
Alt+Shift+>
Alt+Shift+.
Alt+Shift+0
Alt+Shift+1
Alt+Shift+2
Alt+Shift+3
Alt+Shift+4
Alt+Shift+5
Alt+Shift+6
Alt+Shift+7
Alt+Shift+8
Alt+Shift+9
Alt+Shift+A
Alt+Shift+B
Alt+Shift+C
Alt+Shift+D
Alt+Shift+down
Alt+Shift+E
Alt+Shift+F
Alt+Shift+F1
Alt+Shift+F2
Alt+Shift+G
Alt+Shift+H
Alt+Shift+I
Alt+Shift+J
Alt+Shift+K
Alt+Shift+L
Alt+Shift+left
Alt+Shift+M
Alt+Shift+N
Alt+Shift+O
Alt+Shift+P
Alt+Shift+Q
Alt+Shift+R
Alt+Shift+right
Alt+Shift+S
Alt+Shift+T
Alt+Shift+Tab
Alt+Shift+U
Alt+Shift+up
Alt+Shift+V
Alt+Shift+W
Alt+Shift+X
Alt+Shift+Y
Alt+Shift+Z
Alt shortcut keys
Alt+Space
Alt+T
Alt+Tab
Alt tag
Alt text
Alt+U
Alt+up
Alt+V
Alt+W
Alt+X
Alt+Y
Alt+Z
Ampersand
Any key
Apostrophe
Arrow keys
Asterisk
AT keyboard
AT sign
Azerty

B
Left and right square bracket characters

Backlit keyboard
Back quote
Backslash
Backspace key
Bang
Bitmoji
Bottom row keys
Bracket
Break
Butterfly keyboard

C
Apple command key

Caps lock
Caret
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Case-sensitive
Chiclet keyboard
Clear
Close bracket
Cmd
Colemak
Colon
Columbus method
Comma
Command+0
Command+1
Command+2
Command+3
Command+4
Command+5
Command+6
Command+7
Command+8
Command+9
Command+A
Command+B
Command+C
Command+D
Command+E
Command+F
Command+G
Command+H
Command+I
Command+J
Command+K
Command key
Command+L
Command+M
Command+N
Command+O
Command+P
Command+Q
Command+R
Command+S
Command+T
Command+U
Command+V
Command+W
Command+X
Command+Y
Command+Z
Compose key
Control
Control keys
CR
Ctrl
Ctrl+`
Ctrl+~
Ctrl+!
Ctrl+@
Ctrl+#
Ctrl+$
Ctrl+%
Ctrl+^
Ctrl+&
Ctrl+*
Ctrl+(
Ctrl+)
Ctrl+-
Ctrl+=
Ctrl++
Ctrl+[
Ctrl+]
Ctrl+\
Ctrl+;
Ctrl+'
Ctrl+,
Ctrl+<
Ctrl+.
Ctrl+>
Ctrl+/
Ctrl+0
Ctrl+1
Ctrl+2
Ctrl+3
Ctrl+4
Ctrl+5
Ctrl+6
Ctrl+7
Ctrl+8
Ctrl+9
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+Alt+-
Ctrl+Alt+=
Ctrl+Alt+/
Ctrl+Alt+0
Ctrl+Alt+1
Ctrl+Alt+2
Ctrl+Alt+3
Ctrl+Alt+4
Ctrl+Alt+5
Ctrl+Alt+6
Ctrl+Alt+7
Ctrl+Alt+8
Ctrl+Alt+9
Ctrl+Alt+A
Ctrl+Alt+B
Ctrl+Alt+C
Ctrl+Alt+D
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Ctrl+Alt+down
Ctrl+Alt+E
Ctrl+Alt+equal
Ctrl+Alt+F
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Ctrl+Alt+F2
Ctrl+Alt+F3
Ctrl+Alt+F4
Ctrl+Alt+F5
Ctrl+Alt+F6
Ctrl+Alt+F7
Ctrl+Alt+F8
Ctrl+Alt+F9
Ctrl+Alt+F10
Ctrl+Alt+F11
Ctrl+Alt+F12
Ctrl+Alt+forward slash
Ctrl+Alt+G
Ctrl+Alt+H
Ctrl+Alt+I
Ctrl+Alt+J
Ctrl+Alt+K
Ctrl+Alt+L
Ctrl+Alt+left
Ctrl+Alt+M
Ctrl+Alt+N
Ctrl+Alt+O
Ctrl+Alt+P
Ctrl+Alt+Q
Ctrl+Alt+R
Ctrl+Alt+right
Ctrl+Alt+S
Ctrl+Alt+space
Ctrl+Alt+spacebar
Ctrl+Alt+T
Ctrl+Alt+U
Ctrl+Alt+up
Ctrl+Alt+V
Ctrl+Alt+W
Ctrl+Alt+X
Ctrl+Alt+Y
Ctrl+Alt+Z
Ctrl+apostrophe
Ctrl+B
Ctrl+backquote
Ctrl+Backspace
Ctrl+Break
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C+/
Ctrl+click
Ctrl+D
Ctrl+Del
Ctrl+Down
Ctrl+Down arrow
Ctrl+E
Ctrl+End
Ctrl+Enter
Ctrl+Equal
Ctrl+Esc
Ctrl+F
Ctrl+F1
Ctrl+F2
Ctrl+F3
Ctrl+F4
Ctrl+F5
Ctrl+F6
Ctrl+F7
Ctrl+F8
Ctrl+F9
Ctrl+F10
Ctrl+F11
Ctrl+F12
Ctrl+G
Ctrl+H
Ctrl+Home
Ctrl+I
Ctrl+Ins
Ctrl+Insert
Ctrl+J
Ctrl+K
Ctrl key
Ctrl+L
Ctrl+Left
Ctrl+Left arrow
Ctrl+M
Ctrl+N
Ctrl+O
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+Pause
Ctrl+PgDn
Ctrl+PgUp
Ctrl+plus
Ctrl+Q
Ctrl+R
Ctrl+Right
Ctrl+Right arrow
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+semicolon
Ctrl+Shift+~
Ctrl+Shift+@
Ctrl+Shift+#
Ctrl+Shift+$
Ctrl+Shift+%
Ctrl+Shift+^
Ctrl+Shift+&
Ctrl+Shift+*
Ctrl+Shift+(
Ctrl+Shift+)
Ctrl+Shift+-
Ctrl+Shift+_
Ctrl+Shift+=
Ctrl+Shift++
Ctrl+Shift+{
Ctrl+Shift+}
Ctrl+Shift+|
Ctrl+Shift+:
Ctrl+Shift+"
Ctrl+Shift+<
Ctrl+Shift+>
Ctrl+Shift+0
Ctrl+Shift+1
Ctrl+Shift+2
Ctrl+Shift+3
Ctrl+Shift+4
Ctrl+Shift+5
Ctrl+Shift+6
Ctrl+Shift+7
Ctrl+Shift+8
Ctrl+Shift+9
Ctrl+Shift+A
Ctrl+Shift+B
Ctrl+Shift+C
Ctrl+Shift+colon
Ctrl+Shift+D
Ctrl+Shift+Del
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Ctrl+Shift+down
Ctrl+Shift+E
Ctrl+Shift+End
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Ctrl+Shift+Esc
Ctrl+Shift+F
Ctrl+Shift+F1
Ctrl+Shift+F2
Ctrl+Shift+F3
Ctrl+Shift+F4
Ctrl+Shift+F5
Ctrl+Shift+F6
Ctrl+Shift+F7
Ctrl+Shift+F8
Ctrl+Shift+F9
Ctrl+Shift+F10
Ctrl+Shift+F11
Ctrl+Shift+F12
Ctrl+Shift+G
Ctrl+Shift+greater than
Ctrl+Shift+H
Ctrl+Shift+Home
Ctrl+Shift+I
Ctrl+Shift+J
Ctrl+Shift+K
Ctrl+Shift+L
Ctrl+Shift+left
Ctrl+Shift+less than
Ctrl+Shift+M
Ctrl+Shift+minus
Ctrl+Shift+N
Ctrl+Shift+O
Ctrl+Shift+P
Ctrl+Shift+PgDn
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp
Ctrl+Shift+plus
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Ctrl+Shift+quote
Ctrl+Shift+R
Ctrl+Shift+right
Ctrl+Shift+S
Ctrl+Shift+Space
Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Ctrl+Shift+tilde
Ctrl+Shift+U
Ctrl+Shift+up
Ctrl+Shift+V
Ctrl+Shift+W
Ctrl+Shift+X
Ctrl+Shift+Y
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Ctrl shortcut keys
Ctrl+Space
Ctrl+T
Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+U
Ctrl+Up
Ctrl+Up arrow
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+W
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+Z
Curly bracket
Cursor

D

Data entry
Delete
Depress
Double bucky
Down
Dvorak keyboard

E
Esc key

Ellipsis
End key
Enhanced Keyboard
Enter
Enter key
Entf
Equal
Ergonomics
Esc
ETAOIN SHRDLU
Exclamation mark

F
Forward slash

F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
Fat finger
Filter Keys
F-Lock Key
Fn
Forward slash
Function keys

G

Greater than
GT
GWAM
GWPM

H

HID
Home key
Home row keys
Hotkey
Hunt-and-peck
Hyphen

I

Input device
Input driver
Insert key

J

Currently, no listings.

K
Keyboard shortcut

Key
Keyboard
Keyboard buffer
Keyboard controller
Keyboard layout
Keyboard mapping
Keyboard repeat
Keyboard shortcut
Keyboard template
Keycap
Key combination
Key in
Keylogger
Keypad
Keypress
Keystroke

L

Laptop stand
Launcher
Launcher key
Less than
Letterform
Letterhead
LT

M

Mechanical keyboard
Meta
Meta key
Mod
Modifier key
Mod key
Mouse Keys

N

Natural keyboard
Nitro Type
Number key
Numeric keypad
NUM Lock
NWAM

O

Octothorpe
Ohnosecond
On-Screen keyboard
Open bracket
Option+-
Option key
OSK

P
Pipe and double pipe

Page Down key
Page Up key
Parenthesis
Pause key
PC/XT keyboard
Percent
Period
Pg Dn key
Pg Up key
Pipe
Plus
Pound
Press
Print screen key
Programmable function key
PS/2
Punctuation

Q

Question mark
Quote
QWERTY
QWERTY keyboard
QWERTZ
QWERTZ keyboard
QWERTZU

R

RAlt
Repeat rate

S
Keyboard special keys

Scan code
Scissor switch
Scroll lock key
Search key
Semicolon
Shift
Shift+0
Shift+1
Shift+2
Shift+3
Shift+4
Shift+5
Shift+6
Shift+7
Shift+8
Shift+9
Shift+A
Shift+B
Shift+C
Shift+click
Shift clicking
Shift+D
Shift+Del
Shift+Delete
Shift+Down
Shift+E
Shifted
Shift+End
Shift+Enter
Shift+Esc
Shift+F
Shift+F1
Shift+F2
Shift+F3
Shift+F4
Shift+F5
Shift+F6
Shift+F7
Shift+F8
Shift+F9
Shift+F10
Shift+F11
Shift+F12
Shift+G
Shift+H
Shift+Home
Shift+I
Shift+Ins
Shift+Insert
Shift+J
Shift+K
Shift key
Shift+L
Shift+Left
Shift+M
Shift+N
Shift+O
Shift+P
Shift+PgDn
Shift+PgUp
Shift+Q
Shift+R
Shift+Right
Shift+S
Shift+spacebar
Shift+T
Shift+Tab
Shift+U
Shift+Up
Shift+V
Shift+W
Shift+X
Shift+Y
Shift+Z
Shortcut key
Single quote
Slash
Spacebar
Special key
Sticky Keys
Strg
Stroke
Swype
Symbol
SysRq

T
Tab key with left and right arrows.

Tab
Tab key
Thumb keyboard
Tilde
Toggle keys
ToggleKeys
Top row keys
Touch bar
Touch type
TTY
Type
Typematic rate
Typo

U

Underscore
Up

V

Virtual keyboard

W
Windows key

Wack
WAM
WASD keys
Whack
White space
Windows key
Windows key+.
Windows key+-
Windows key++
Windows key+0
Windows key+1
Windows key+2
Windows key+3
Windows key+4
Windows key+5
Windows key+6
Windows key+7
Windows key+8
Windows key+9
Windows key+A
Windows key+Alt+PrtScr
Windows key+B
Windows keyboard
Windows key+C
Windows key+Ctrl+D
Windows key+Ctrl+Enter
Windows key+Ctrl+F4
Windows key+Ctrl+left
Windows key+Ctrl+O
Windows key+Ctrl+right
Windows key+D
Windows key+down
Windows key+E
Windows key+Enter
Windows key+F
Windows key+F1
Windows key+F2
Windows key+F3
Windows key+F4
Windows key+F5
Windows key+F6
Windows key+F7
Windows key+F8
Windows key+F9
Windows key+F10
Windows key+F11
Windows key+F12
Windows key+G
Windows key+H
Windows key+Home
Windows key+I
Windows key+J
Windows key+K
Windows key+L
Windows key+left
Windows key+M
Windows key+minus
Windows key+N
Windows key+O
Windows key+P
Windows key+Pause
Windows key+period
Windows key+plus
Windows key+PrtScr
Windows key+Q
Windows key+R
Windows key+right
Windows key+S
Windows key+Shift+left
Windows key+Shift+M
Windows key+Shift+Q
Windows key+Shift+R
Windows key+Shift+right
Windows key+Shift+S
Windows key+Shift+up
Windows key+T
Windows key+Tab
Windows key+U
Windows key+up
Windows key+V
Windows key+W
Windows key+X
Windows key+Y
Windows key+Z
WPM
Wrist rest
WSAD keys

X

Currently, no listings.

Y

Currently, no listings.

Z

Currently, no listings.

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