If you take a look at your laptop's keyboard, you'll notice that the top row keys have icons printed above, with "F" and a number, like F1, F2, and so on, below each one. These are known as function ...

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The function keys on a computer keyboard labelled F1 through F12, are keys that have a special function defined by a currently running program or by the operating system. They can be combined with the ...

Every keyboard has a set of Function Keys F1-F12 on the top row; however, the old computer sets used to have these keys gathered on the left side of the keyboard. While every function key caters ...