Editing Alps SKCL/SKCM series (section)

==Nomenclature==
Alps SKCL/SKCM series has gone by many names, owing to widespread misunderstanding. It also appears that the series name changed within Alps. The [[1994 Alps catalogue]] apparently referred to "'''CL series'''" and "'''CM series'''", indicating that the previous community name "'''Alps CM'''" may be correct, for a subset of the switches (the tactile and clicky models). A catalogue fragment for [[Alps SKCM Blue]] also suggests CM series or even KCM. The Alps data sheet below—depicting what seems to be bamboo white (SKCLCQ)—uses the term "SKCL/SKCM series" ("SKCL／SKCMシリーズ"), suggesting that Alps changed the series name in the mid 90s; there was also very tentative evidence that [[Alps SKFL series]] was referred to in this manner.

"Bigfoot" as a moniker derives from the term "[[Alps Bigfoot]]" used to refer to the Alps standard keyboard platform. The term "Complicated Alps" comes from the complexity of the design, with a fairly high 10–13 [[parts per switch]], especially in comparison to the "simplified" [[Alps SKBL/SKBM series]] that followed it.

There is no known name or term that covers both complicated (SKCL/SKCM) and simplified ([[Alps SKBL/SKBM series|SKBL/SKBM series]]) switches. According to Sandy, 'SK' stands for "single key"; "SK" is used in the part numbers of many Alps switches.<ref name="Alps_TACT" />