Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Caps lock

Index Caps lock

Caps Lock is a button on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, causes all letters to be generated in capitals until deactivated. [1]

52 relations: ADM-3A, All caps, Amiga, AmigaOS, AOL, Apple II, Apple Keyboard, BBC Micro, Billy Mays, Case sensitivity, Chromebook, Commodore 64, Computer keyboard, Computer terminal, Control key, FreeBSD, Gizmodo, GNOME, Google, Happy Hacking Keyboard, HuffPost, Human factors and ergonomics, IBM PC compatible, IBM Personal Computer, KDE, Lear Siegler, Letter case, Light-emitting diode, Little finger, MacOS, MetaFilter, Microsoft Windows, Mode (computer interface), NBC News, NBCUniversal Television Group, Num lock, One Laptop per Child, Operating system, QWERTY, Russian language, Scroll lock, Shift key, Soviet Union, Sun Microsystems, Switch, Teletype Model 33, Touch typing, Typewriter, Ukrainian language, Unix, ..., Window manager, Workstation. Expand index (2 more) »

ADM-3A

The ADM-3A was one of the first video display terminals.

New!!: Caps lock and ADM-3A · See more »

All caps

In typography, all caps (short for "all capitals") refers to text or a font in which all letters are capital letters, for example:.

New!!: Caps lock and All caps · See more »

Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

New!!: Caps lock and Amiga · See more »

AmigaOS

AmigaOS is a family of proprietary native operating systems of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers.

New!!: Caps lock and AmigaOS · See more »

AOL

AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol.) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.

New!!: Caps lock and AOL · See more »

Apple II

The Apple II (stylized as Apple.

New!!: Caps lock and Apple II · See more »

Apple Keyboard

The Apple Keyboard is a keyboard designed by Apple Inc. first for the Apple line, then the Macintosh line of computers.

New!!: Caps lock and Apple Keyboard · See more »

BBC Micro

The British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by the Acorn Computer company for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

New!!: Caps lock and BBC Micro · See more »

Billy Mays

William Darrell "Billy" Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting Fix-it, OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc.

New!!: Caps lock and Billy Mays · See more »

Case sensitivity

In computers, upper case and lower case text may be treated as distinct (case sensitivity) or equivalent (case insensitivity).

New!!: Caps lock and Case sensitivity · See more »

Chromebook

A Chromebook is a laptop or tablet running the Linux-based Chrome OS as its operating system.

New!!: Caps lock and Chromebook · See more »

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, January 7–10, 1982).

New!!: Caps lock and Commodore 64 · See more »

Computer keyboard

In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

New!!: Caps lock and Computer keyboard · See more »

Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying or printing data from, a computer or a computing system.

New!!: Caps lock and Computer terminal · See more »

Control key

In computing, a Control key is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, performs a special operation (for example, C); similar to the Shift key, the Control key rarely performs any function when pressed by itself.

New!!: Caps lock and Control key · See more »

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

New!!: Caps lock and FreeBSD · See more »

Gizmodo

Gizmodo is a design, technology, science and science fiction website that also features articles on politics.

New!!: Caps lock and Gizmodo · See more »

GNOME

GNOME is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux and most BSD derivatives.

New!!: Caps lock and GNOME · See more »

Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

New!!: Caps lock and Google · See more »

Happy Hacking Keyboard

The Happy Hacking Keyboard is a small computer keyboard produced by PFU Limited of Japan, co-developed with Japanese computer pioneer Eiiti Wada.

New!!: Caps lock and Happy Hacking Keyboard · See more »

HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

New!!: Caps lock and HuffPost · See more »

Human factors and ergonomics

Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as Human Factors), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the (engineering and) design of products, processes, and systems.

New!!: Caps lock and Human factors and ergonomics · See more »

IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible computers are computers similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, able to use the same software and expansion cards.

New!!: Caps lock and IBM PC compatible · See more »

IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform.

New!!: Caps lock and IBM Personal Computer · See more »

KDE

KDE is an international free software community that develops Free and Open Source based software.

New!!: Caps lock and KDE · See more »

Lear Siegler

Lear Siegler Incorporated (LSI) is a diverse American corporation established in 1962.

New!!: Caps lock and Lear Siegler · See more »

Letter case

Letter case (or just case) is the distinction between the letters that are in larger upper case (also uppercase, capital letters, capitals, caps, large letters, or more formally majuscule) and smaller lower case (also lowercase, small letters, or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages.

New!!: Caps lock and Letter case · See more »

Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.

New!!: Caps lock and Light-emitting diode · See more »

Little finger

The little finger or pinky finger, also known as the fourth digit or just pinky, is the most ulnar and smallest finger of the human hand, opposite the thumb, and next to the ring finger.

New!!: Caps lock and Little finger · See more »

MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

New!!: Caps lock and MacOS · See more »

MetaFilter

MetaFilter, known as MeFi to its members, is a general-interest community weblog, founded in 1999 and based in the United States, featuring links to content that users have discovered on the web.

New!!: Caps lock and MetaFilter · See more »

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

New!!: Caps lock and Microsoft Windows · See more »

Mode (computer interface)

In user interface design, a mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface, in which the same user input will produce perceived results different to those that it would in other settings.

New!!: Caps lock and Mode (computer interface) · See more »

NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC, formerly known as the National Broadcasting Company when it was founded on radio.

New!!: Caps lock and NBC News · See more »

NBCUniversal Television Group

NBCUniversal Television Group is the common name, given the previous usage as a name for the preceding division group, for NBC Broadcasting and NBC Entertainment, both American television units of NBCUniversal.

New!!: Caps lock and NBCUniversal Television Group · See more »

Num lock

Num Lock or Numeric Lock (⇭) is a key on the numeric keypad of most computer keyboards.

New!!: Caps lock and Num lock · See more »

One Laptop per Child

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit initiative established with the goal of transforming education for children around the world; this goal was to be achieved by creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world, and by creating software and content for those devices.

New!!: Caps lock and One Laptop per Child · See more »

Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

New!!: Caps lock and Operating system · See more »

QWERTY

QWERTY is a keyboard design for Latin-script alphabets.

New!!: Caps lock and QWERTY · See more »

Russian language

Russian (rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language, which is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely spoken throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

New!!: Caps lock and Russian language · See more »

Scroll lock

Scroll lock (⤓ or ⇳) is a lock key (typically with an associated status light) on most IBM-compatible computer keyboards.

New!!: Caps lock and Scroll lock · See more »

Shift key

The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters.

New!!: Caps lock and Shift key · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Caps lock and Soviet Union · See more »

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.

New!!: Caps lock and Sun Microsystems · See more »

Switch

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can "make" or "break" an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or diverting it from one conductor to another.

New!!: Caps lock and Switch · See more »

Teletype Model 33

The Teletype Model 33 is an electromechanical teleprinter designed for light-duty office.

New!!: Caps lock and Teletype Model 33 · See more »

Touch typing

Touch typing (also called touch type or touch keyboarding) is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys.

New!!: Caps lock and Touch typing · See more »

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type.

New!!: Caps lock and Typewriter · See more »

Ukrainian language

No description.

New!!: Caps lock and Ukrainian language · See more »

Unix

Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

New!!: Caps lock and Unix · See more »

Window manager

A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface.

New!!: Caps lock and Window manager · See more »

Workstation

A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.

New!!: Caps lock and Workstation · See more »

Redirects here:

CAPS LOCK, Caps Lock, Caps Lock Day, Caps Lock key, Caps lock button, Caps lock day, Caps lock light, Caps-Lock, CapsLock, Capslock, INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY, International Caps Lock Day, International caps lock day, Shift Lock, Shift lock, , .

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caps_lock

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »