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DefinitionA keyboard (キーボード) is an input device that sends characters, digits, symbols and operating commands to a computer when you press its rows of keys.
ExplanationEach key press sends the character code or command tied to that key to the computer. The layout is divided into areas such as the numeric keypad (テンキー), which gathers the digits 0 to 9 and the arithmetic signs in one place, and the function keys (ファンクションキー) named F1 to F12 along the top row.
AnalogyPicture the numeric keypad as a calculator's button pad bolted onto the side, and the function keys as a row of empty drawers that each program fills with something different.
Memory hookThe Japanese name テンキー literally means "ten key", a reminder that it is the block holding the ten digits 0 to 9.