Definitions for shift key
shift key

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shift key, shiftnoun

   the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. shift keynoun

   The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism

2. shift keynoun

   A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys

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1. Shift key

   The Shift key ⇧ Shift is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. The Shift key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters; the shift key was first used in the Remington No. 2 Type-Writer of 1878; the No. 1 model was capital-only. On the US layout and similar keyboard layouts, characters that typically require the use of the shift key include the parentheses, the question mark, the exclamation point, and the colon. When the caps lock key is engaged, the shift key may be used to type lowercase letters on many operating systems, though not on macOS.

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1. shift key

   The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used primarily to capitalize lowercase letters and to type the secondary characters on the number keys and other keys. It is also used in combination with other keys for various system-specific functions.

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1. Shift key

   The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. The shift key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters; the shift key was first used in the Remington No. 2 Type-Writer of 1878; the No. 1 model was capital-only. On the US layout and similar keyboard layouts, characters that typically require the use of the shift key include the parentheses, the question mark, the exclamation point, and the colon. When the caps lock key is engaged, the shift key can be used to type lowercase letters on many operating systems, but not Mac OS X.

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How to pronounce shift key?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shift key in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shift key in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shift key
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shift_Key
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_Key
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shift key