What is a Baby Keyboard?
A baby keyboard is a miniature computer keyboard offering a more compact design for portability. Baby keyboards, more often called “mini” keyboards, usually have 84-89 keys with 101-104 key functionality, and are commonly 13 inches (33 centimeters) or less in length. By comparison standard keyboards run closer to 18 inches (46 cm) in length. Technically any keyboard with a very small footprint such as that of a baby keyboard, regardless of how many keys it has, is a “mini” or “baby keyboard”. In the early 1980s, IBM designed the first commercial PC/XT keyboards with 83 keys, though the footprint was comparable to standard sized keyboards today. IBM improved the layout of the keyboard and the shape of the keys with the release of the first PC/AT computer. This newer PC/AT keyboard looked similar to modern keyboards except the F-keys (function keys) remained grouped in two columns at the left of the board and there were still only 84 keys. When IBM introduced the last PC/AT model in 1986
