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A standard 102-key keyboard. As well as providing a QWERTY typing keyboard, the function keys (labelled F1-F12) may be assigned tasks specific to a particular system.

In computing, an input device resembling a typewriter keyboard, used to enter instructions and data. There are many variations on the layout and labelling of keys. Extra numeric keys may be added, as may special-purpose function keys, whose effects can be defined by programs in the computer.
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