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A typewriter prints text on to paper and doesn't need anything else.
A keyboard types text onto a computer
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A keyboard is to a typewriter just as a keyboard is to a computer monitor, except the latter is partially disconnected and the former is affixed to the typewriter.
Devonte Bernier
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∙ 11y agoA keyboard is an input device. It may be connected to a computer. A typewriter is a system with input and output. The typewriter uses a keyboard for its input device, and its output is printed letters onto paper.
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Were there different keys on the typewriter then on the keyboard?
The computer keyboard is the same as the typewriter keyboard. The typewriter did have special keys that were not on the keyboard, like the tab keys that indented. The keyboard also has extra function keys that were not on the typewriter.
What are the similarities and dissimilarities between the typewriter keybord and the computer keybord?
There is no answer because the are the same.
What if your keyboard has its roots in the Typewriter which was invented by whom Is there a difference between a typewriter and a keyboard?
I dont know ask google or yahoo:-[
Who invented the order of the alphabet on the typewriter keyboard?
Invented the typewriter in the United States utilizing the QWERTY keyboard
What did christopher sholes invent?
he invented the typewriter
What is the name of a telegraph transmitter with a typewriter keyboard?
Most telegraph transmitters are keyboard-operated, so one with a typewriter keyboard would simply be a telegraph transmitter.
What is the basic component of computer is similar to a typewriter keyboard?
The keyboard is similar to a typewriter keyboard! dont understand your question. Do you mean an Telex machine that looked like a typewriter but was used to send text a long while ago?
What was the first keyboard for a computer?
a typewriter
Can you give me some similarities and differences between computer keyboard and typewriter keyboard?
A typewriter is similar to a computer in that they both produce a printed piece of paper with your chosen words on it. The difference is a computer is an electronic and a typewriter is manually loaded.
How you use a typewriter?
A typewriter is like a keyboard without the computer. The computer keyboard is based on the typewriter. To use it you put the paper in the top bale and rolled it so the keys could hit the paper. There was a ribbon of ink between the paper and the keys, so when you hit a key the typewriter ribbon hit the paper with the letter inked. If correction was needed the paper had to be changed.
How do you use a typewriter?
A typewriter is like a keyboard without the computer. The computer keyboard is based on the typewriter. To use it you put the paper in the top bale and rolled it so the keys could hit the paper. There was a ribbon of ink between the paper and the keys, so when you hit a key the typewriter ribbon hit the paper with the letter inked. If correction was needed the paper had to be changed.
What inventions lead to the computer keyboard?
The typewriter.
