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Everything about 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. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Numeric keypadA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Teach Yourself REXX in 21 daysThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Standing at a kiosk: Effects of key size and spacing on touch screen numeric keypad performance and user preferenceCited 150 times
- Go sideways: KeypadA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Alt codeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The square, palm-sized section of a computer keyboard, usually on the far right side, with keys for the digits and arithmetic operations, providing calculator-style efficiency for entering numbers.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Standing at a kiosk: Effects of key size and spacing on touch screen numeric keypad performance and user preference
Usability evaluation of numeric entry tasks on keypad type and age
Configuring a numeric keypad for a touch screen
Effects of smartphone numeric keypad designs on performance and satisfaction of elderly users
A Fully Passive Ten-Digit Numeric Keypad Sensor Using Chipless RFID Technology
Task-specific performance effects with different numeric keypad layouts
Efficacy of Numeric Keypad for Computer Illiterates in Rural ICT
An Interactive Hangul Text Entry Method Using The Numeric Phone Keypad
📚 Books worth reading
Teach Yourself REXX in 21 daysWilliam F. Schindler, Esther Schindler · 1994- 📕Numeric Keypad Combination Dskibm PS/2 3Jackson · 1999
- 📕Keys to Business MathJudy H. Oles · 2002
Concise ICT FundamentalsBright Siaw Afriyie · 2011
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