general-purpose keyboard
1keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …
2Keyboard layout — QWERTY keyboard on a laptop. A keyboard layout is any specific mechanical, visual, or functional arrangement of the keys, legends, or key–meaning associations (respectively) of a computer, typewriter, or other typographic keyboard. Mechanical… …
3Computer keyboard — A key being pressed on a computer keyboard. In computing, a keyboard is a typewriter style keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Following the decline of punch cards and paper… …
4Dvorak Simplified Keyboard — The modern Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (US layout) Typing a text excerpt at 115 WPM with the Canadian French Dvorak keyboard layout. The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard is a k …
5Data General — Industry Computer Fate Acquired Successor EMC Corporation Founded 1968 …
6computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
7Computer — For other uses, see Computer (disambiguation). Computer technology redirects here. For the company, see Computer Technology Limited. Computer …
8Personal computer — This article is about personal computers in general. For computers generally referred to as PCs , see IBM PC compatible. For hardware components dealing with personal computers, see Personal computer hardware. Personal computer An illustration of …
9Macintosh 128K/512K technical details — The original Macintosh was a relatively simple machine, now of interest for its simplicity and for the fact that it was the first computer produced by Apple under the name Macintosh. The Macintosh used standard off the shelf components to the… …
10X Window System — X11 redirects here. For other uses, see X11 (disambiguation). A historical example of graphical user interface and applications common to the MIT X Consortium s distribution running under the twm window manager: X Terminal, Xbiff, xload and a… …
