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The Shift key ⇧ Shift is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type
capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically
two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. The
Shift key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and
hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters; the
shift key was first used in the Remington No. 2 Type-Writer of 1878; the No. 1
model was capital-only. On the US layout and similar keyboard layouts,
characters that typically require the use of the shift key include the
parentheses, the question mark, the exclamation point, and the colon.
When the caps lock key is engaged, the shift key may be used to type lowercase letters on many operating systems, though not on macOS.
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