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The escape key is used to cancel or exit dialog boxes and pop-up windows. It is also commonly used to stop loading web pages. Historically, the escape key served as a shift key to interpret following characters differently. On older versions of Windows, holding control and pressing escape was typically used to invoke the start button. The enter key is used to execute commands or create paragraph breaks when typing. The shift key capitalizes letters and allows symbols above keys to be typed. The menu key launches context menus via the keyboard similarly to right clicking. Number pads contain additional number and math operation keys located on the far right of the keyboard.

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The escape key is used to cancel or exit dialog boxes and pop-up windows. It is also commonly used to stop loading web pages. Historically, the escape key served as a shift key to interpret following characters differently. On older versions of Windows, holding control and pressing escape was typically used to invoke the start button. The enter key is used to execute commands or create paragraph breaks when typing. The shift key capitalizes letters and allows symbols above keys to be typed. The menu key launches context menus via the keyboard similarly to right clicking. Number pads contain additional number and math operation keys located on the far right of the keyboard.

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The escape key (often abbreviated Esc) "nearly all of the time"[25] signals Stop -

[26] QUIT -[27] let me "get out of a dialog"[25] (or pop-up window):[28] LET ME
ESCAPE.

Another common application today of the Esc key is to trigger the Stop button in
many web browsers.[29]

ESC origins
ESC was part of the standard keyboard of the Teletype Model 33 (introduced in 1964
and used with many early minicomputers).[30] The DEC VT50, introduced July 1974,
also had an Esc key. The TECO text editor (ca 1963) and its descendant Emacs (ca
1985) use the Esc key extensively.

Historically it also served as a type of shift key, such that one or more following
characters were interpreted differently, hence the term escape sequence, which
refers to a series of characters, usually preceded by the escape character.[31][32]

On machines running Microsoft Windows, prior to the implementation of the Windows


key on keyboards, the typical practice for invoking the "start" button was to hold
down the control key and press escape. This process still works in Windows 95, 98,
Me, NT 4, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10.[33]

Enter key
The Enter key is located: One in the alphanumeric keys and the other one is in the
numeric keys. When one worked something on their computer and wanted to do
something with their work, pressing the enter key would do the command they
ordered. Another function is to create a space for next paragraph. When one typed
and finished typing a paragraph and they wanted to have a second paragraph, they
could press enter and it would do spacing.

Shift key
Shift key: when one presses shift and a letter, it will capitalize the letter
pressed with the shift key. Another use is to type more symbols than appear to be
available, for instance the apostrophe key is accompanied with a quotation mark on
the top. If one wants to type the quotation mark but pressed that key alone, the
symbol that would appear would be the apostrophe. The quotation mark will only
appear if both the required key and the Shift key are pressed.

Menu key
The Menu key or Application key is a key found on Windows-oriented computer
keyboards. It is used to launch a context menu with the keyboard rather than with
the usual right mouse button. The key's symbol is usually a small icon depicting a
cursor hovering above a menu. On some Samsung keyboards the cursor in the icon is
not present, showing the menu only. This key was created at the same time as the
Windows key. This key is normally used when the right mouse button is not present
on the mouse. Some Windows public terminals do not have a Menu key on their
keyboard to prevent users from right-clicking (however, in many Windows
applications, a similar functionality can be invoked with the Shift+F10 keyboard
shortcut).

Number pad
Many, but not all, computer keyboards have a numeric keypad to the right of the
alphabetic keyboard, often separated from the other groups of keys such as the
function keys and system command keys, which contains numbers, basic mathematical
symbols (e.g., addition, subtraction, etc.), and a few function keys. In addition
to the row of number keys above the top alphabetic row, most desktop keyboards have
a number pad or accounting pad, on the right hand side of the keyboard. While num
lock is set, the numbers on these keys duplicate the number row; if not, they have
alternative functions as engraved. In addition to numbers, this pad has command
symbols concerned with calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division symbols. The enter key in this keys indicate the equal sign.

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