"Num Lock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Num Locks [plural], num lock [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Num Lock}} Num Lock (plural Num Locks)
  1. (computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric digits. Translations (a key that toggles the function of the numeric keypad): num lock (Finnish), numerolukitusnäppäin (Finnish), намло́к (namlók) [masculine] (Russian), Bloq Num (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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