A set of input keys on a personal computer or computer terminal. Along with the standard letter keys on a typewriter, computer keyboards have keys for cursor movement and entering commands as outlined ...

A device that distributes data from a point of sale terminal (barcode reader, magnetic stripe, etc.) to the computer. It is inserted between the keyboard and keyboard port on the computer, and the ...

When Bill Buxton worked at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center in the early 1990s, he examined the classic children’s homemade telephones: two cups connected by a taut string. He wondered why that same ...

November 15, 1990: Cupertino wins a design patent for the Apple Extended Keyboard II, arguably the greatest computer keyboard of all time. Delivering the perfect combination of durability, feel and a ...