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touche de maintien des majuscules [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A locking key which when pressed causes letter keys when held down thereafter to produce uppercase character codes. Numerical keys still produce codes for the numerals.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission's Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Touche de blocage qui, lorsqu'elle est enfoncée et qu'on appuie ensuite sur les touches alphabétiques, produit des codes correspondants au haut de casse. Quant aux touches numériques, elles continuent à produire des codes de nombres.

Spanish

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