A numpad is the small, palm sized, seventeen key section of a keyboard, usually on the very far right. The numpad features digits 0 to 9, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division symbols, a decimal point and Num Lock and Enter keys. Laptop keyboards often don't have a numpad section.

Numpad operates in two modes: when Num Lock is on digits keys produce corresponding digits. When Num Lock is off keys 8, 6, 2, 4 act like an arrow keys and 7, 9, 3, 1 act like Home, PgUp, PgDn and End.

The digits arrangement on numpad is different from the arrangement of digits on phone keyboards - this may be confusing for those who use one of these arrangements more often.

The reason for the numpads is for inserting numbers for spreadsheets, financial and accounting programs quickly compared to the “number line” on the keyboard. However, numpads are useful for playing some computer games where the player must control a character, for example roguelikes. Unlike arrow keys numpad allows diagonal movement. For numpad-less keyboards some roguelikes provide alternative movement keys, such as classic Rogue HJKL keys.

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