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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Before touchpads and mice, computers started out with just a keyboard. The number pad was a great way to navigate through a document one-handed.

With num-lock off, the arrow keys could precisely position the text cursor and the page up/down and home/end buttons could do larger movements.

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