Numeric keypad

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A numeric keypad, numpad, or ten key, is the calculator-style grouped ten numeric keys and a few other keys found on some computer keyboards. This grouping allows quick and blind keystroke number entry with one hand, usually the right. Unlike the row of numbers on the main part of a keyboard, a numeric keypad is intended to be used without a modifier key. On a standard IBM PC keyboard, numpad has 17 keys, including digits 0 to 9, + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication), and / (division) symbols, . (decimal point), Num Lock, and ⌅ Enter keys. On smaller keyboards (such as those found on laptops), the numeric keypad can be implemented as alternative markings on alphabetic keys (usually I-O-P, K-L-;, ,-.-/) or added as a separate unit, that can be connected to a device by means such as USB; some of these may include keys not found on a standard numpad, such as a spacebar or a 00 (or 000) key. Sometimes it is necessary to distinguish between a key on the numpad and an equivalent key...

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