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Everything about F-Lock
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The F-Lock key, introduced by Microsoft in 2001, toggles the state of the function keys. When on, keys F1 to F12 behave as applicable, with meanings defined by the application being used at the time. When off, new behaviour is used: F5 means "open", F10 means "spell" etc. In early models, the state reverted to off at each reboot or keyboard reset, but later models retained F-Lock state across reboots. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: F-LockA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Toward a BT.2020 green emitter through a combined multiple resonance effect and multi-lock strategyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Microwave and wireless synthesizersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical EventsCited 4,920 times
- Go sideways: Function keyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Scroll LockA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events
A fast, lock-free approach for efficient parallel counting of occurrences of k -mers
Understanding carbon lock-in
Evolving the lock to fit the key to create a family of G protein-coupled receptors potently activated by an inert ligand
Parts per Million Mass Accuracy on an Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer via Lock Mass Injection into a C-trap
Carbon Lock-In: Types, Causes, and Policy Implications
Escaping carbon lock-in
Lock and key colloids
🆕 Influential since 2022
Toward a BT.2020 green emitter through a combined multiple resonance effect and multi-lock strategy
Plastics and climate change—Breaking carbon lock-ins through three mitigation pathways
Unlocking “lock-in” and path dependency: A review across disciplines and socio-environmental contexts
Multiregional single-cell dissection of tumor and immune cells reveals stable lock-and-key features in liver cancer
A Time‐Dependent Fluorescent Hydrogel for “Time‐Lock” Information Encryption
📚 Books worth reading
Microwave and wireless synthesizersUlrich L. Rohde · 1997
...History of the house of P. & F. Corbin, MCMIV ..John B. Comstock · 1904- 📕HardwareP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1895
- 📕Catalog no. 28MP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1941
- 📕Locks and builders' hardwareP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1932
- 📕Illustrated and descriptive catalogue and price list of hardwareP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1885
- 📕Corbin automatic exit fixtures and hardwareP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1920
- 📕Hardware manufactured by P. & F. CorbinP. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.) · 1905
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