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Look up: QWERTY

  1. Qwerty
    QWERTY refers to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard layout (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or foreign-language layouts or APL keyboard. It is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this is wrong; it was designed t...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Qwerty
    The standard design of keyboard where the first row of letters begins Q,W,E,R,T,Y. This style was designed around 75-100 years ago to combat the problem of the letter pins on typewriters getting stuck.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/q.html

  3. QWERTY
    (hardware) /kwer'tee/ (From the top left row of letter keys of most keyboards) Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or foreign-language layouts (e.g. 'keyboard AZERTY' in french-speaking countrie...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/QWERTY

  4. QWERTY
    QWERTY refers to the first 6 letters on the top row of a standard keyboard. In mobile phone specification a QWERTY keyboard indicates the handset comes with a full keyboard on the handset, as opposed to the standard 12 key alphanumeric keypad
    Found on http://www.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-phone-te

  5. QWERTY
    Standard arrangement of keys on a UK or US typewriter or computer keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six keys on the top alphabetic line. The arrangement was made in the days of mechanical keyboards in order that the keys would not jam together. Other European countries use different arran...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  6. QWERTY
    `QWERTY` (KWER-tee) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters (keys) appearing in the top letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1873 in Milwaukee, Wisc...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY

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