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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

shift key

The key which, when held down, gives access to the top character on keys with two characters. Also shifts a character into upper case.

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charactercontrol characterlower caseupper casenon-printing characterkeyboard shortcutcursorarrow keycaps lockcursor control keyfunction keykeykeyboard
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Hardware › keyboard
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