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How do you celebrate Caps Lock Day?
October 22 IS CAPS LOCK DAY! The day celebrates the Caps Lock on a computer keyboard and was created by Derek Arnold in 2000. CAPS LOCK IS LIKE YELLING IN TEXT.
Is there a day called CAPS LOCK DAY?
June 28 and October 22 are semiannually observed as International Caps Lock Day as a parody holiday created in October 2000 by Derek Arnold, a user on Metafilter. The second observation on June 28 was added by Arnold in memory of American pitchman Billy Mays.
When was Caps Lock invented?
Doug Kerr was a telephone engineer working at Bell Labs in the 1960s. He watched his boss’s secretary repeatedly get frustrated after accidentally typing things like “$%^&” instead of “4567” in addresses because of Shift Lock. So he did something about it. Doug Kerr invented the “CAP” key.
What is the Caps Lock key?
Browse Encyclopedia. A. A keyboard key that toggles upper case on and off. When the Caps Lock key is on, pressing any key automatically delivers the shifted version of the key, except for numeric digits, periods, commas, slashes and backslashes.
How do I turn off caps lock?
On most keyboards, if the Caps Lock key is on and you want to turn it off, simply press the key again. On mechanical typewriters, the Caps Lock key was often released by pressing the Shift key.
Why is Caps Lock Day?
History of International Caps Lock Day It was 2000 when Derek Arnold, a software developer in Iowa, chose October 22 as the day when everyone should press the Caps Lock key and type only in upper case letters. He wanted to remind us that upper case letters look like shouting, which is not nice.
How do you know that the Caps Lock is on?
How to tell whether Caps Lock is on. If you pressed the Caps Lock key, you can turn it off by pressing the key again. Many keyboards have a built-in status indicator that lights up when the Caps Lock key is on. This LED is located either directly on the key or on the status bar of the keyboard, if there is one.