Arrow keys

Part of a standard keyboard.

They are located at the bottom right in a group. There are right,left,up,down arrow keys. They are used to move around the screen without having to use the mouse.

They are also used by software applications for their own purposes. For instance a software game may let you control the characters with the arrow keys, or a simple text editor such as Notepad would let you move the cursor around.

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2020-10

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