[l_croft1]

I am not sure if I am in the right place. But I will ask a question to find out. I am trying to create a step by step process of how a computer processes your keyboard input when writing a paper. I know nothing about programming and need direction. Could someone give me a hand, please?

[JackOfAllTrades]

This might be better suited to Software Development, as there's no language-specific question here.

[vbr]

Thats and interesting question. I don't think to much about how it works. Just happy to know it just works. You can find good information on this topic by doing a search. Here's 2 links I found that explain the keyboard to computer part.

http://computer.hows...om/keyboard.htm
http://www.beyondlog...oard/keybrd.htm

Keyboards send HEX codes that are converted by the computer keyboard BIOS to determine the keys pressed. My guess is the BIOS turns the keyboard input into binary code that is translated into ASCII Charter codes a program can use to interpret the inputs.

l_croft1, on 28 Aug, 2009 - 05:28 AM, said:

I am not sure if I am in the right place. But I will ask a question to find out. I am trying to create a step by step process of how a computer processes your keyboard input when writing a paper. I know nothing about programming and need direction. Could someone give me a hand, please?

This post has been edited by vbr: 28 August 2009 - 07:19 PM

[Kanvus]

hardware like a Keyboard sends information(code of key pressed) to the port of your PC then brought to your driver's written instructions in binary 1's and 0's then gets translated to ascii or hex keyscan codes. different countries and keyboards use different standard sets of characters. the system receives all of the information it needs to know which key was pressed down then draws the character onto your screen inside your word processing application.