keyboard layout

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keyboard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiː.bɔːd/us
/ˈkiː.bɔːrd/
the set of keys on a computer or typewriter that you press in order to make it ...
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layout
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.aʊt/us
/ˈleɪ.aʊt/
the way that something ...
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(Definition ofkeyboardandlayoutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a touch typingkeyboardlayoutfor computer.
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From there, the series of scancodes is converted into a character stream bykeyboardlayoutsoftware.
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Thus, changing to an alternativekeyboardlayoutwas most easily accomplished by simply buying a keyboard with the new layout.
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An existingkeyboardlayoutcan be edited, and a new layout can be created using this type of software.
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The terminal'skeyboardlayoutwas designed for traders and market makers who had no prior computer experience.
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The calculations forkeyboardlayoutwere based on the language being typed and this meant different keyboard layouts would be needed for each language.
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When used as a keyboard, users push down on an area of the touch sensitive surface which is marked with akeyboardlayout.
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I did nt think most people would be willing to learn a whole newkeyboardlayout.
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Besides the color change, there was a newkeyboardlayoutwith built-in numeric keypad.
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On the right was a typical scientifickeyboardlayout.
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Keyboardlayoutpreferences specifically to address this need are available in some operating systems.
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Thekeyboardlayoutwas new at the time, adding a set of cursor and miscellaneous keys between the main keyboard and the numeric keypad.
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Later he applied the samekeyboardlayoutto the "arciorgano," a microtonal keyboard for the organ.
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Even though thekeyboardlayoutis simple and all notes are easily accessible, playing requires skill.
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Switching thekeyboardlayoutis often required.
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Maltron also has a single-handedkeyboardlayout.
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Alternatively, a user applies keyboard stickers with an extra imprinted language alphabet and adds anotherkeyboardlayoutvia language support options in the operating system.
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In addition, the 48-keykeyboardlayoutdidn't match that of a typewriter very closely, and there was (at the time) no option for an 80-column display.
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Each of its keys is a display which can dynamically change to adapt to thekeyboardlayoutin use or to show the function of the key.
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