Caps Lock ⇪ Caps Lock is a button on a computer keyboard that causes all letters of bicameral scripts to be generated in capital letters. It is a toggle key: each press reverses the previous action. Some keyboards also implement a light to give visual feedback about whether it is on or off. Exactly what Caps Lock does depends on the keyboard hardware, the operating system, the device driver, and the keyboard layout. Usually, the effect is limited to letter keys. Letters of non-bicameral scripts and non-letter characters are generated normally.
The Caps Lock key on a PC keyboard with US keyboard layout (near upper-left corner, below the Tab key and above the left Shift key)
Caps Lock on an Apple keyboard. The green LED on the key is lit, indicating that Caps Lock is on.
Modern keyboard that can exchange Caps Lock and left Control keys
Image: Depressing caps lock
A computer keyboard is a peripheral input device modeled after the typewriter keyboard which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Replacing early punched cards and paper tape technology, interaction via teleprinter-style keyboards have been the main input method for computers since the 1970s, supplemented by the computer mouse since the 1980s.
A wired computer keyboard for desktop use manufactured by Lenovo
Keyboards on laptops usually have a shorter travel distance and a reduced set of keys.
Multifunction keyboard with LCD function keys
A Greek keyboard lets the user type in both Greek and the Latin alphabet (MacBook Pro).
