When the PC starts up, the first job for the BIOS is the power-on self-test, which initializes and identifies system devices such as the CPU, RAM, video display card, keyboard and mouse, hard disk drive, optical disc drive and other hardware.

When the keyboard processor detects that a key has changed state, it sends a signal to the CPU indicating the scan code of the key and its new state.

When striking a keyboard key, the key oscillates against its contacts several times before settling.

When a key of the teleprinter keyboard is pressed, a 5-bit character is generated.

When music on two staves is joined by a brace, or is intended to be played at once by a single performer ( usually a keyboard instrument or the harp ), a great stave ( BrE ) or grand staff ( AmE ) is created.

When the first minicomputers were being released, most manufacturers turned to the existing mass-produced ASCII teleprinters ( primarily the Teletype Model 33, capable of 10 ASCII characters per second throughput ) as a low-cost solution for keyboard input and printer output.

When using a PC, a typical example of a games control system would be the use of a mouse and keyboard combined.

When a letter was pressed on the keyboard the signal would be sent through the rotors as it was in the Engima, producing an encrypted version.

When opened, the display of 640 × 200 pixels was on the inside top surface and with a physical QWERTY keyboard on the bottom.

When the user pressed a key on the typewriter keyboard, a small amount of current from a battery flowed through the key into one of the contacts on the input side of the disk, through the wiring, and back out a different contact.

When a space is needed, the operator touches the spaceband lever just to the left of the keyboard.

When the operator judges that the line is close enough to full, he raises the casting lever on the bottom of the keyboard to send the line to the casting section of the linotype machine.

When songs call for the use of a keyboard or harmonica, Bell often plays them.

) When the Right-Alt key is held down and other keys are pressed, the combination produces other characters not found on the standard US keyboard.

When designing or selecting a new phone, publishing or using phonewords, one should be aware that there have been multiple standards for the mapping of letters ( characters ) to numbers ( keypad layouts, as with keyboard layout ) on telephone keypads over the years.

Harding and co-producer / keyboard player Curnow became the club remix and production ' B-Team ' of PWL Studios with many remixes and productions for internal PWL SAW Productions ( Kylie, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive, Mel & Kim ) as well as external record company clients ( e. g. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson / Jackson 5, Holly Johnson, Pet Shop Boys, Eighth Wonder, Four Tops, Chic, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Jesus Jones, Voice Of The Beehive, Gary Moore ) which included many U. S. dance chart No. 1s ( such as ABC ' When Smokey Sings ', Imagination ' Instinctual ', Blue Mercedes ' I Want To Be Your Property ').

When speed was important, some programmers converted sections of BASIC programs to 6502 assembly language and executed them from BASIC using the command ; at other times, when speed was too fast, programmers dropped back to BASIC, and polled various addresses in memory ( such as $ A6 for the C-64, or $ D0 for the C-128, denoting size of the keyboard queue ) before they could start executing again.

When multiple nodes are selected, they can be moved, scaled and rotated using keyboard shortcut or mouse controls.

When they do, the player presses the corresponding arrows on his or her keyboard or dance mat.

When enabled, it allowed users to record mouse and keyboard input as " macros.

When running, CodeView would present the user with several windows that could be tiled, moved, sized and otherwise manipulated via the keyboard or mouse, with CodeView 4. x providing a richer interface.

When inserted into an extra slot between the display and the keyboard, the printing on top of the card would correspond to the top row of keys ( A-E ), which served as shortcuts to the corresponding program entry points.

When he is not touring or recording with Guns N ' Roses, Reed frequently tours with his hard rock cover band Hookers N ' Blow, in which he plays keyboard and guitar and occasionally sings lead vocals.

When Prokofieff forged his new clarity of `` lucid, straightforward music, so difficult to compose '', he shaped his talents to his purpose.

When the pirates thought to demand a ransom of twenty talents of silver, he insisted they ask for fifty.

When her husband was president, she created the role of First Lady, using her social talents to advance his program.

When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of twenty talents of gold, Caesar is said to have insisted that he was worth at least fifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents.

When Tiglath-Pileser III appeared in the west, Menahem took the opportunity to enlist his support by sending tribute of a thousand talents of sliver, with the idea — as 2 Kings xv 19 puts it —' that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power '.

When the Magician appears in a spread, it points to the talents, capabilities and resources at the querent's disposal.

When Schütz lived with his parents, his musical talents were discovered by Moritz von Hessen-Kassel in 1599.

When these ideas failed to improve ratings, many wilder ideas were tried to attempt to capitalize on Williams ' comedic talents.

When, therefore, the brothers, as well as delegates of the people's party, which, weary of Hasmonean quarrels, desired the extinction of the dynasty, presented themselves before Pompey, he delayed the decision, in spite of Aristobulus ' gift of a golden vine valued at five hundred talents.

When he was but twenty his learning and talents obtained for him a cure of souls.

Pernilla was one of Sweden's hottest talents, with hits including Svindlande affärer, I Need Your Love, Every Time When We're Together and Running for Cover.

When he was a teenager, Michalek's harmonicostic talents were discovered by members of the Twin Cities Harmonica Society, including the prominent harmonica player and one-time Harmonicat Dick Gardner.

When she was ten years old, she participated in the contest of young talents, where she performed on the piano.

When he was offered the opportunity to become Minister of Justice in 1885, Annie Thompson encouraged him to leave that bunch of " sere old crows " ( her words ) on the Nova Scotia bench and get out into a world which would better test and demonstrate his talents.

When Old Cho uses his powers to drop a baby off a balcony, Etsuko uses her own psychic talents to save the child's life.

When a penciller / inker team clicked, the synthesis of these talents elevated the parts beyond what they could achieve individually.

When Nanako starts her new school year at the all-girl Seiran School, she is unexpectedly inducted into the school's Sorority despite having none of the looks, talents, or background needed to become a member.

When his mental abilities begin to diminish, Gunn, fearful of losing his new talents and respect, makes a pact with Dr. Sparrow and gets a permanent upgrade in exchange for signing to release an ancient curio stuck in customs.

When asked to say something about her talents, Bordenave, the manager of the theatre ( he calls it the brothel ), explains that a star doesn't have to know how to sing or act: Nana has something else, dammit, and something that takes the place of everything else.

When a version of one of his songs by a popular performer of the day became a huge success, demand for his writing talents increased and he composed for Juliette Gréco and others.

When Sports Divisions were started in schools in 1976 to tap talents, one of its divisions was started in the district.

When he started school, his classmates and teachers quickly realized his talents in music.

He has put his talents to work in several media endeavors, winning a Genie Award for best original song in a movie (" When I Sing ", from Bye Bye Blues ), and musical director for the Canadian edition of Sesame Street from 1989 to 1995.