input devices [3]

Electronic devices used to transmit data and commands to a computer.

capitals lock

Activation or deactivation of the continuous keying of capital letters.

tabulation left

Movement of the cursor to the field or tab stop preceding it.

tabulation right

Movement of the cursor to the field or tab stop following it.

escape

Cancellation of a current operation or exit from a given situation.

end

Movement of the cursor to the end of a line or document.

home

Movement of the cursor to the beginning of a line or document.

break

Halting of the current operation.

page down

Display of the next page screen.

page up

Display of the preceding page screen.

pause

Momentary pause of the current operation.

insert

Activation or deactivation of the overwrite mode; this allows existing characters to be replaced by new characters during data entry.

numeric lock

Activation or deactivation of the numeric keypad.

delete

Deletion of a selected object or character immediately to the right of the cursor.

scrolling

Activation or deactivation of the scroll mode; this allows the contents of a window to be moved horizontally and vertically using the arrow keys.