home key

Typing finger anchor

Home key has two common meanings in computing.

On a keyboard, the Home key moves the cursor to the beginning of a line or document.

In touch typing, the home keys are the eight keys where fingers rest in the starting position—A, S, D, F for the left hand and J, K, L, semicolon for the right, with the index fingers on the keys with raised bumps.

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QWERTY · rest position · root note · cadence · return · peripheral · enter · backspace · hardware · scale · stability · harmony · tactile feedback · chord progression · flat · touch typing · cursor · navigation

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Opposites
cursor position (computing)

home keyend key

Key reaching line's terminus

End · down arrow · right arrow · page up key · arrow keys

tonal center (music)

home keymodulation

Varying signals to transmit

typing position (touch typing)

home keyfunction keys

Programmable keyboard row

modifier keys

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G