Caps Lock
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2.6
- noun
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- By the way, if you're having trouble finding it, the caps lock button is on the left side of the keyboard.
- Caps Lock key
You can actually swap control and caps lock.
- You can actually swap control and caps lock.
- So implementation of the keyboard, the shift keys, the caps lock key, the NUM lock key, all handled identically.
Examples
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It just means you have a caps lock button.
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By the way, the Caps Lock key is next to the A.
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First off, your caps lock seems to be stuck.
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First, I'd recommend keeping Caps Lock off if you hope to be taken seriously.
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Make sure the Caps Lock is off before you start typing your password.
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When typing in all caps, it's often because the Caps Lock key is activated.
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I accidentally sent the email with the Caps Lock on, so the message was in uppercase.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Caps + lock
The compound is directly built from 'caps' (short for capital letters) and 'lock' (to secure or fix). If a B1 learner knows these constituents, they can reasonably infer it is a control that 'locks' letters into capitals, so the meaning is compositional and immediately derivable.
Etymology
Caps Lock comes from old typewriters and early keyboards: Caps stands for 'capital letters' and Lock means to keep them on. So when the key is turned on, all the letters you type stay in 'uppercase'.