Summary
On early typewriters, pressing it moved the printing sticks up.
That movement was called a “shift,” so the key got its name.
Today computers still use the same idea.
Key Points
4 points1
It turns lowercase letters into uppercase.
2
In a typewriter, it physically shifted the type bars.
3
The word “shift” means to move something.
4
The key kept the same name when keyboards were invented.
New Words to Learn
5 wordstypewriter
a old machine that prints letters on paper
uppercase
big letters like A B C
lowercase
small letters like a b c
type bars
metal pieces that hit the paper to make letters
keyboard
the set of buttons you press to type
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