What is the purpose of a NumLock key?

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In what world would anybody need to deactivate their numpad?

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I have a secondary small keyboard on my computer. If numlock is ON, pushing the keys make numbers. When not, it makes letters.

On a 105+ keys keyboard, disabling numlock is useless, as the keys you can get access to are the same as the ones to the left of the numpad.

On any smaller keyboard, either the numpad is removed, or the arrows and pageup/down end/home/ins/del is removed. Or both, typically on mechanical keyboards where keys are expensive.

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