ESC KEY- On computer keyboards, the Esc key is a key labeled Esc or Escape that is used to generate the

ASCII Escape character (Control-[, ASCII code 27 in decimal), the character code traditionally used to initiate an escape sequence. As most computer users no longer are concerned with the details of controlling their computer'speripherals, the task for which the escape sequences were originally designed, the escape key was appropriated by application programmers, most often to mean Stop. This use continues today in Microsoft Windows's use of escape as a shortcut in dialog boxes for No, Quit, Exit, Cancel, orAbort, as well as a common shortcut key for the Stop button in many web browsers. Function keys- A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an operating system command interpreter or application program to perform certain actions. On some keyboards/computers, function keys may have default actions, accessible on power-on. MAIN TYPING KEYPAD- It looks and arranged like a traditional typewriter where you press alphabetic keys. It holds alphabetic character such as letter, special characters and numbers. This is the area you use mostly when you do word processing. Cursor and monitor controlsThese are keys found between the typing keypad and the numeric keypad. It has two groups of keys, arranged top and bottom.The top keys holds Insert, Home, Page Up, Page Down, Delete, and Endkeys. Insert key switches between insert and overtype modes. Home key brings you back at the beginning of a page. Page Up and Page Down keys help you to move one page or screen up or down. Delete key erases a text or page. The End key takes you at the end of a page.The bottom keys are independent directional keys, which let you to move the cursor Left, Right, Up and Down. Status lights, Escape key, Print Screen/SysRq, Scroll Lock, Pause/Break are user for frequent functions. For example, if you press the Caps Lock on the typing keypad, the Caps Lock Status light tells you that is on and can type Capital letters. You press Print Screen key if you want to save the current Window as an image. These are the parts found in standard computer keyboard and mostly used in desktop computers. Laptop and Notebook keyboard types are more compact, but recently we are beginning to see laptops that have dedicated numeric keypads as well. Other than the above parts, some keyboards incorporate additional buttons. These buttons used to activate actions such as music buttons (play, pause, forward, rewind, stop and mute), Bluetooth, e-mail and so on.