computer keyboard
device comprising an arrangement of buttons or keys used to input text in computers
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Summary
computer keyboard is an input device[1]. It draws 10,750 Wikipedia views per month (input device category, ranking #9 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Sam Hecht[3]
- Subclass of: keyboard[4], human interface device[5], text entry interface[6], electronic device[7]
- Part of: computer[8], terminal[9]
- Commons category: Computer keyboards[10]
- Unicode character: ⌨[11], 🖮[12]
- Has part(s): computer key[13], numeric keypad[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Computer keyboards[15]
- Commons gallery: Keyboard[16]
- Topic has template: Template:Keyboard[17]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/keyboard[18]
- Has characteristic: keyboard layout[19], keyboard form factor[20]
- Short name: клавиатура[21], klaviatūra[22]
- Different from: keyboard layout[23], keyboard[24], keyboard form factor[25]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03085013-n[26], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103073671-n[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
Why It Matters
computer keyboard has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]