A keyboard is perhaps the simplest of all peripherals. Since it's inception, it is used in practically all interactive computer devices to some degree.

The most common style of keyboard layout is nicknamed QWERTY. A Typical Keyboard has 12 function keya (Early BBC Basic PC's had 18), Alphanumerical and Punctuation Character keys, Directional Keys, and most have a Number Pad.

Function Keys

Ctrl

Alt

Alt Gr

Shift

Windows Key

Menu Key

Keyboard Lock Keys

Num Lock

Caps Lock

Scroll Lock

Common Keyboard Keys

Insert

Home

Delete

End

Page Up

Page Down

Enter

Return

Backspace

Tab

Esc

Print Screen

Not-so-Common Keyboard Keys

Pause

Break

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