Key assignment

Equipment such as computers, phones or smart phones have a keyboard that users operate for inputting. Every keyboard, whether a keyboard with mechanical keys or a virtual, touch operated keyboard, has a certain key assignment. This key assignment is, both in terms of the position of the individual keys on the keyboard, as well as their coding, normalised to allow the easiest possible operation. Besides these standardised key assignments, many devices allow for a configurable assignment of keys with special functions. These special key assignments make it is possible to use devices in time saving manner, as functions that previously required some effort to access them from a menu can be activated with a single keystroke.