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Hardware is an integral part of our clients’ user experience. People often refer to the “Bloomberg Terminal” when speaking about the Bloomberg Professional service. Historically, clients did receive a physical terminal that connected to the Bloomberg mainframes to provide services. Today the “Terminal” is a tightly integrated experience with a proprietary keyboard and monitors that enhance the features and functionality of the Bloomberg Professional service.
To enhance your experience, Bloomberg provides a specialized keyboard with your account. Use of the special keyboard is not required, but it does provide color-coded keys specially programmed to execute common actions. While your PC keyboard can execute the same actions using keystroke combinations, the Bloomberg Keyboard gives you one-key functionality. The Bloomberg Keyboard also includes a built-in finger image scanner for our biometric authentication system.
You may also elect to have a Bloomberg flat-panel monitor. Although it is not required, Bloomberg flat-panel monitors are versatile, ergonomic and high-quality displays, with two independent screen panels attached to a space-saving frame. You may configure any number of monitors to expand your view of the Bloomberg Professional service to best suit your needs.
To authenticate your access to the Bloomberg Professional service, your finger image is scanned and associated with your account. A finger image scanner is embedded in the Bloomberg Keyboard, and a portable scanner—known as a B-UNIT® and approximately the size of a credit card—allows you to access your account from any location using Bloomberg Anywhere on a PC or mobile device.
