QWERTY keyboard - The most common kind of keyboard used for typing in English. Its name comes from the first six letter keys on the top row: Q, W, E, R, T, and Y., Homerow - The middle row of keys where you rest your fingers when you are not typing., Touch typing - A special way of typing where you use all ten fingers without looking at the keyboard. Your fingers learn where the keys are based on muscle memory. This helps you type faster and more accurately., WPM - "Words Per Minute" and is a way to measure how fast you can type. It tells you how many words you can type in one minute., Accuracy - The percentage of words you type correctly., Function keys - The special keys at the very top of the keyboard, labeled F1 through F12. You press them to do specific jobs, like refreshing a web page or getting help., Number pad - A small keyboard with numbers and math symbols, like a calculator. It is usually on the right side of a bigger keyboard and is used for typing many numbers at once., Shift key - A button that you hold down with another key to type a capital letter or an uppercase symbol., Backspace - Is used to erase a letter or a character that you just typed. It removes the character to the left of your cursor., Ergonomics - The study of designing equipment and furniture to be comfortable and safe for people.,

Digital Literacy Vocabulary 1

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