KEYBOARDING VOCABULARY

Front

To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method

Back

Touch-method

Front

What does WPM stand for?

Back

Words per minute

Front

Press and hold this key to capitalize a letter or to insert a symbol

Back

Shift

Front

What is Home Row?

Back

The middle row on the keyboard where your fingers rest.

Front

Posture is...

Back

how strait your back is when you sit or stand.

Front

A space bar is used to...

Back

put spaces between words and letters when typing.

Front

The monitor is...

Back

the screen that shows what the computer is doing.

Front

What is the shift key?

Back

The button that allows you to type capital letters or the symbols above numbers.

Front

When someone talks about your perch they are describing...

Back

the way you are sitting on your chair.

Front

Words Per Minute means...

Back

How many words you type in one minute.