Keyboard terminal

Claim 1

An ATLAS language keyboard terminal specifically designed for automatically entering ATLAS language test programs into computerized automatic test equipment utilized for testing various electronic systems, comprising: programmable keyboard means including a plurality of user activated definable keys for initiating single key activation of the unique keywords used in composing the ATLAS language test programs; and preprogrammed microprocessor control means operatively connected to the computerized automatic test equipment and operatively connected and responsive to said plurality of user activated definable keys of said programmable keyboard means, said preprogrammed microprocessor control means generating a plurality of word character strings representing unique words of the ATLAS language test programs, each word character string of said plurality of word character strings representing a unique word of the ATLAS language test program and being initiated by a single stroke of a respective key of said plurality of user activated definable keys and automatically transferred by said preprogrammed microprocessor control means to a control computer associated with the computerized automatic test equipment so that ATLAS language test programs are inputted into the computerized automatic test equipment and automatic testing of the various electronic systems may be readily conducted by allowing the entry of ATLAS language test program words into the computerized automatic test equipment to be relatively error free and requiring a reduced amount of physical time and effort since the generation of an entire word of the ATLAS language test programs and its automatic transfer to the computerized automatic test equipment is accomplished in response to one keystroke entry on said programmable keyboard means.