from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
home keys
home row keys
<hardware> The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard
on which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips when
starting to type or when resting between words or phrases.
Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard in
relation to the home keys.
On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDF
for the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards have
small raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (F
and J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.
(2006-12-01)