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More info?)
Great info from JustME,
In addition, the Pause key is really handy during initial bios boot screen
when some information may be needed that may normally scroll off the screen
really fast. Information such as make and model of the motherboard, revision
numbers, etc...
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Pavel
"JustMe" <ohmygosh@wowspam.com> wrote in message
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> "Arpit" <emailtoarpit@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> hy guys
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>> me arpit .can anybody tell me what is scroll lock key used for and also
>> what is the use of pause /break key
>
> Google is your friend:
>
> Scroll Lock
> The main intent of the Scroll Lock key was to allow scrolling of screen
> text up, down and presumably sideways using the arrow keys in the days
> before large displays and graphical scroll bars. You can see where this
> might have been handy in the DOS era, when screen output typically was
> limited to 80 characters wide by 25 rows deep. For some types of programs,
> spreadsheets being the obvious example, it's still handy now. In Microsoft
> Excel, Scroll Lock allows you to scroll a spreadsheet with the arrow keys
> without moving the active cell pointer from the currently highlighted
> cell. In Quattro Pro, another spreadsheet program, Scroll Lock works in a
> similar manner, although in contrast to Excel it's not possible to scroll
> the active cell pointer completely off the screen.
>
> Pause Key
> Keyboard key commonly found close to the top right of a computer keyboard.
> This key allows a user to temporarily halt the action of the program being
> ran. For example in computer games the pause key is commonly used to
> temporarily stop the game while the user steps away from his or her
> computer.
>
> Break Key
> On personal computers, the break key is used in different ways by
> different programs, but usually involves some sense of changing the
> interaction with the computer, such as switching between multiple login
> sessions, terminating a program, or interrupting a modem connection.
> In programming, especially in old DOS-style BASIC and Pascal, Break is
> used (in conjunction with ((computer science) the key on a computer
> keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control
> characters) Control key) to stop program execution.
>
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