Keyboard

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Keyboard may refer to:

Typing

• Typewriter keyboard, used to enter text onto paper
• Computer keyboard, sets of keys used to input information to a computer
  • Keyboard layout
  • Ergonomic keyboard
  • IBM PC keyboard
  • Apple Keyboard
  • Chorded keyboard, on which several keys are pressed together to enter a letter or command
• Virtual keyboard, a software component that allows a user to enter characters

Music

• Musical keyboard, a set of adjacent keys or levers used to play a musical instrument
  • Keyboard instrument, an instrument with a musical keyboard
    • Electronic keyboard, a keyboard instrument in which key presses complete an electric circuit
      • MIDI keyboard, an electronic keyboard used to send MIDI data to a computer or synthesizer
    • Pedal keyboard, a foot-operated keyboard that is placed on the floor
    • Keyboardist, a musician who plays keyboard instruments
    • Keyboard (magazine), a publication about musical instruments such as the piano
• Synthesizer, an electronic instrument that is commonly referred to as a keyboard

See also

• Input method
• Keypad