A block of numbered and calculator function keys, attached to or embedded in a computer keyboard, and used to input and calculate numerical data (frequently now having secondary functions when combined with a shift key).
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Science.
Definition of numeric keypad in US English:
numeric keypad
noun
Computing
A block of numbered and calculator function keys, attached to or embedded in a computer keyboard, and used to input and calculate numerical data (frequently now having secondary functions when combined with a shift key).