Numeric keypad

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video terminal (1976) with separate keypad numeric keypad, working also as calculator A numeric keypad, numpad, or ten key, is the calculator-style grouped ten numeric keys and a few other keys found on some computer keyboards. This grouping allows quick and blind keystroke number entry with one, usually the right, hand. Unlike the row of numbers on the main part of a keyboard, a numeric keypad is intended to be used without a modifier key. On a standard IBM PC keyboard, numpad has 17 keys, including digits to , (addition), (subtraction), (multiplication), and (division) symbols, (decimal point), , and keys. On smaller keyboards (such as those found on laptops ), the numeric keypad can be implemented as alternative markings on alphabetic keys (usually - - , - - , - - ) or added as a separate unit, that can be connected to a device by means such as USB; some of these may include keys not found on a standard numpad, such as a spacebar or a (or ) key. Sometimes it is necessary to distinguish between a key on the numpad and an equivalent key elsewhere on the keyboard. For example, depending on the software in use, pressing the numpad's key may produce different results than pressing the alphanumeric key. In such cases, the numpad-specific key may be indicated as e.g. , , , or likewise to remove ambiguity. Numeric keypads usually operate in two modes.…

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