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Originally there was only the line of numbers at the top of the keyboard on early workstations. As PC's became more popular for business use, good design suggested that a number pad should be included in order to facilitate rapid data entry. However, some systems, mainly UNIX, were not capable of upgrading to this, so the main manufacturers standardised on a keyboard design that had both. In the long run, this was a cheaper solution.
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∙ 14y agoat the top for typing on the rhs for number crunching, ie bookkeeping, two different styles of speed typing
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∙ 13y agoSo that you can type numbers and symbols without having to switch over to a numerical keypad, thus saving time
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∙ 12y agoentering long numbers quicker
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