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IBM PC keyboard

The keyboard for IBM Personal Computer, and compatible computers, is standardized. However, during the more than 30 years of PC architecture being frequently updated, many keyboard layout variations have been developed.

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Keyboard layouts

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IBM PC keyboard

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples25
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

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IBM PC keyboard

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IBM PC keyboard → Although PC Magazine, Baen's, Byte, He, IBM, IBM PC, IBM's Don Estridge, It, Jerry Pournelle, Jim Baen, PC, Return, Shift, The, Wish List

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key keyboard shift keys used ibm pc character keyboards lock microsoft ctrl layout many also often use model computers letters

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Microsoft.From typewritersinstance ofwhile other slightly more general keyboard additions have become the factory standards after being introduced by certain operating system or GUI software vendors0.80text
Microsoft Excelinstance ofIn spreadsheets0.80text
it locks the cell pointer on the current cellinstance ofIn spreadsheets0.80text
allowing the user to use the arrow keys to move the view window without moving the cell pointerinstance ofIn spreadsheets0.80text
Microsoft Visual Studioinstance ofBreak is also used to halt execution of the debugger in some programming environments0.80text
those built into laptop computersinstance ofAlt.Fn may be present on compact keyboards0.80text
switching between the built-in screeninstance ofor it controls hardware functions0.80text
an external displayinstance ofor it controls hardware functions0.80text
changing screen brightnessinstance ofor it controls hardware functions0.80text
or changing speaker volumeinstance ofor it controls hardware functions0.80text
IBM PC keyboardrelated to ReceptionAlthough PC Magazine0.60section
IBM PC keyboardrelated to ReceptionIBM PC0.60section

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