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The QWERTY keyboard layout used by Windows in the US
The QWERTY keyboard layout used by Windows in the US
QWERTY keyboard on 2007 Sony Vaio laptop
QWERTY keyboard on 2007 Sony Vaio laptop

QWERTY (pronounced /kwerti/) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English-language uter keyboard|computer]] and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters seen in the keyboard's top first row of letters. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1867 and sold to Remington in 1873, when it first appeared in typewriters. Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Image File history File links Qwerty. ... Image File history File links Qwerty. ... Windows redirects here. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3504 × 2336 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3504 × 2336 pixel, file size: 3. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... VAIO, an acronym for Video Audio Integrated Operations, is a sub-brand for many of Sonys computer products. ... A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ... English is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (also commonly known as the Anglosphere). ... an index typewriter with a circular keyboard The 1874 Sholes & Glidden typewriters established the QWERTY layout for the letter keys that is used nowadays in Anglophone countries for virtually all computer keyboards and the majority of other keyboards. ... In typography, a grapheme is the atomic unit in written language. ... For other uses, see Patent (disambiguation). ... Wisconsin Historical Marker Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... E. Remington and Sons (1816-1886) was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ...

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History and purposes

A typewriter with the QWERTY layout
A typewriter with the QWERTY layout

The QWERTY keyboard layout was devised and created in the 1860s by the creator of the first modern typewriter, Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor who lived in Milwaukee. Originally, the characters on the typewriters he invented were arranged alphabetically, set on the end of a metal bar which struck the paper when its key was pressed. However, once an operator had learned to type at speed, the bars attached to letters that lay close together on the keyboard became entangled with one another, forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars, and also frequently blotting the document.[1] A business associate of Sholes, James Densmore, suggested splitting up keys for letters commonly used together to speed up typing by preventing common pairs of typebars from striking the platen at the same time and sticking together. The effect this rearrangement of letters had on maximum typing speed is a disputed issue. Some sources assert that the QWERTY layout was designed to slow down typing speed to further reduce jamming.[1] Other sources assert the rearrangement worked by separating common sequences of letters in English. Ostensibly, the hammers that were likely to be used in quick succession were less likely to interfere with each other.[2] typewriter keyboard, from nl wikipedia Credited to: http://www. ... typewriter keyboard, from nl wikipedia Credited to: http://www. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Wisconsin Historical Marker Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; Home row is a term that refers to certain keys of the center row of alphabetical letters on a typewriter or computer keyboard. ... For other uses, see Hand (disambiguation). ... The word Wikipedia typed out letter by letter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


An unfortunate consequence of the layout, for right-handed typists, is that many more words can be spelled using only the left hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand. This is helpful for left-handed people.[2] It is also helpful for those on a computer where the right hand is primarily used for the mouse leaving the left hand as the primary hand to type with.


The first network email sent was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson to another computer in his office. The message read QWERTYUIOP - the top row of the keyboard[3]. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...


QWERTY and accents

QWERTY is hi cody English, a language without any accents. More and more people have to work in countries where computers are sold with QWERTY keyboards, and consequently meet issues when having to type an accent. Until recently, no norm was defined for a standard QWERTY keyboard layout allowing the typing of accented characters, apart from the US-International layout. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Example of a letter with a diacritic A diacritical mark or diacritic, also called an accent, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Depending on the operating system, however, there are many possibilities for typing Latin characters with accents. // An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer. ...


US-International Layout

The US-International layout is a QWERTY layout, slightly modified for allowing an easy access to latin characters with accents or more generally diacritic characters. The punctuation characters ' (simple quote), " (double quote]), ` (back quote), ^ (circumflex) have a different behavior compared to the usual QWERTY layout because they are dead keys. The new user will be surprised when wishing to type one of the characters because nothing will be displayed on the screen. Indeed, in order to type a punctuation character, the user has to type first the punctuation key then the space bar. The advantage of this type of keyboard is that, being normalized, it resides on most of computer systems, and the user just has to tell the operating system to use it. Nothing has to be installed. The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... Example of a letter with a diacritic A diacritical mark or diacritic, also called an accent, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. ... Look up quote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The circumflex ( ˆ ) (often called a caret, a hat or an uppen) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Dutch, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, Afrikaans and other languages, and formerly in Turkish [citation needed]. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent... A dead key is a key on a typewriter or a computer keyboard that produces no output when it is pressed, but modifies the output of the next key pressed after it. ... The term screen has a number of meanings: A window screen is a wire mesh that covers a window opening to keep out insects even when the window is open. ... The term punctuation has two different linguistic meanings: in general, the act and the effect of punctuating, i. ... A computer keyboard Space bar is a key on an alphanumeric keyboard in the form of a horizontal bar in the lowermost row, significantly wider than other keys. ...


While the US-International layout allows typing many accented characters, not all ASCII characters are necessarily available (for instance, the characters ª¯±·¸º), and many of them are available only in a convoluted manner. For instance, it is difficult to find an easy way to retrieve the Yen character (¥) or the ø. Another inconveniece of this layout is that even though it is claimed to be international, its limitation to the 8 bit ASCII character map (and not UNICODE) makes it impossible to type correctly in certain languages like Romanian, or Turkish, which use letters like ş, ţ, ă, etc. The ASCII system also doesn't contain mathematical characters like ∀, ∃, ⇒, Greek or Cyrillic characters. Image:ASCII fullsvg There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... Image:ASCII fullsvg There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ... Image:ASCII fullsvg There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... In mathematics, a set of symbols is frequently used in mathematical expressions. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...


UK-Extended Layout

Windows XP SP2 and above provide the UK-Extended layout, which behaves much the same as the standard UK layout except that ` (back quote) becomes a dead key used to insert grave accents. AltGr+2 becomes a dead key used to insert umlauts (since " is above the 2 on a UK keyboard) and AltGr+^ inserts circumflex accents. AltGr plus a vowel inserts an acute accent (as on the standard UK layout), while AltGr+c gives ç (c-cedilla). As with the US-International layout, UK-Extended does not cater for certain languages such as Romanian, Turkish, or Greek. However, for the British user it may be more intuitive than US-International, since " and £ remain in their customary British positions.


Microsoft Windows: the ALT key

On the Microsoft Windows operating system, all characters can be reached via the ALT + <number> combination. For example, ALT + 130 generates the "é" character. Windows redirects here. ... The Alt key on a modern Windows keyboard The Alt key on an IBM PC keyboard is the key located immediately to either side of the Space bar, used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. ... The Alt key on a modern Windows keyboard The Alt key on an IBM PC keyboard is the key located immediately to either side of the Space bar, used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. ...


See Alt codes for more information. The term Alt codes is used to refer to a number of Unicode input methods that allow characters to be entered by typing a characters code point in concert with the Alt key. ...


This system is standard on Windows, but not other operating systems. It does however require memorising the character codes, use of Character Map, or having a table of the codes nearby. Moreover, a four-key combination can be time-consuming, especially when it is needed in order to access frequently used characters. The system is also dependant on having a separate numeric keypad, and therefore requires the "Fn" key to be held down on most notebook 1. ... Character Map (charmap. ...


Computer Keyboards

Microsoft Word

The Microsoft Word designers made it possible for the user to access accented characters in a more intuitive way. Indeed, all characters with accent are available using CTRL + <punctuation> then <letter>, for instance: Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ... For a list of keyboard shortcuts see Table of keyboard shortcuts A Control key (marked Ctrl) on a modern Windows keyboard In computing, a Control key is a key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation. ...

  • é = CTRL + ' then e
  • à = CTRL + ` then a
  • ç = CTRL + , then c

It is unknown why Microsoft didn't integrate a keyboard layout with this behavior - users can use this functionality in Word only, not even in other Microsoft Office programs. Mac OS X and other operating systems have full accent functionality- not program limited ones. For a list of keyboard shortcuts see Table of keyboard shortcuts A Control key (marked Ctrl) on a modern Windows keyboard In computing, a Control key is a key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation. ... For a list of keyboard shortcuts see Table of keyboard shortcuts A Control key (marked Ctrl) on a modern Windows keyboard In computing, a Control key is a key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation. ... For a list of keyboard shortcuts see Table of keyboard shortcuts A Control key (marked Ctrl) on a modern Windows keyboard In computing, a Control key is a key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation. ... A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ... Microsoft Office is an office suite from Microsoft, which is available on the Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems. ...


Compose key

Systems with X11 generally have, at least as an option, a compose key which when pressed composes the next two (or more) keypresses into a single character. The keys are pressed in sequence; the compose key is not held down. For instance, the sequence Compose, a, ' (apostrophe) generally produces á; Compose, t, h generally produces þ; Compose, e, - (hypen) may produce the Unicode character ē. The precise sequences available are dependent on system configuration. In computing, the X Window System (commonly X11 or X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays. ... The compose key and compose LED on a Sun Type 5, 6 and 7 keyboards is the second-last key on the bottom row The compose key on a DEC LK201 keyboard is the leftmost key on the bottom row On some computer systems, a compose key is a key...


International variants

Minor changes to the arrangement are made for other languages.


Belgian and French

This French Matra Alice uses the AZERTY layout
This French Matra Alice uses the AZERTY layout

Belgian and French keyboards interchange both Q and W with A and Z and move M to the right of L; they are known as AZERTY keyboards. However, the French Canadian layout is a QWERTY layout. Matra Alice freshly found in a garbage ! Photograph available under GFDL license. ... Matra Alice freshly found in a garbage ! Photograph available under GFDL license. ... The Matra Alice The Matra & Hachette Ordinateur Alice was a home computer sold in France beginning in 1983. ... The Azerty keyboard layout on a laptop sold in Belgium. ... Look up Q, q in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up W, w in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses of A, see A (disambiguation). ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see M (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... The Azerty keyboard layout on a laptop sold in Belgium. ...


Czech

Czech keyboards exchange the Z and Y like the German one, yet uses a "kroužek" u (ů) to the right of L and (ú) next to P. The row which is normally reserved for numerals in other layouts is used to produce the diacritics ě, š, č, ř, ž, ý, á, í, é. The shift key is used to create numerals in this system. Uppercase diacritics are found, using a word processor, by holding shift, keying the equals sign and the related letter. Thus shift + =, shift + Z gives a Ž. Please note that other punctuation marks and symbols also vary from the English version. There are also layout variants which are more or less close to the original US QWERTY layout; one of them puts Y and Z at their original positions, Czech - QWERTY. Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In punctuation, the term ring is usually reserved for the ring above diacritic mark Ëš (looks similar to the degree sign °). The ring may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets. ... Look up U, u in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In punctuation, the term ring is usually reserved for the ring above diacritic mark Ëš (looks similar to °). The ring may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... The acute accent ( Â´ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin script. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Example of a letter with a diacritic A diacritical mark or diacritic, also called an accent, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. ... č Å¡ ž A caron ( ˇ ), also known as a háček (pronounced ), is a diacritic placed over certain letters to indicate present or historical palatalization or iotation in the orthography of Baltic languages and some Slavic languages, whereas some Finno-Lappic languages use it to mark postalveolar fricatives (sh, zh, ch). ... Å  in upper- and lowercase The grapheme Å , Å¡ (Latin S with caron) is used in various contexts: In Slavic languages: it is the 25th letter of the Croatian and Bosnian and 20th letter of the Slovenian alphabet, and is also used in the Czech language, Slovak language and Slovenian language, where it... ÄŒ in uper- and lowercase ÄŒ is the fourth letter of the Croatian, Czech, Serbian and Slovenian alphabet. ... Ř is a letter used in the Romany alphabet. ... Caron redirects here, for the French actress, see Leslie Caron. ... The acute accent ( Â´ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin script. ... The acute accent ( Â´ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin script. ... The acute accent ( Â´ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin script. ... The acute accent ( Â´ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin script. ... The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ... The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ... The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ... Caron redirects here, for the French actress, see Leslie Caron. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Danish and Norwegian

Danish and Norwegian layouts only switching Æ and Ø, where Swedish and Finnish have their corresponding letters Ä and Ö. n. ... // The Ø (minuscule: ø), is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Faroese and Norwegian alphabets. ... Ä, or ä, is a glyph which represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, the letter A with umlaut, or a letter A with diaeresis. ... Ö, or ö, is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut or diaeresis. ...


Faroese

Faroese keyboards add Æ and Ø next to L, and Å and Ð next to P. Tilde, umlauts and circumflex are accessed by pressing Alt Gr + Ð, Å and Ø respectively. n. ... // The Ø (minuscule: ø), is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Faroese and Norwegian alphabets. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... The letter Ã… represents various o sounds in the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, North Frisian, Walloon, Chamorro and Istro-Romanian language alphabets. ... Ð (capital Ð, lower-case ð) (or eth, eð or edh, Faroese: edd) is a letter used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic and Faroese. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The tilde (~) is a grapheme with several uses. ... The umlaut mark (or simply umlaut) and the trema or diaeresis mark (or simply diaeresis) are two diacritics consisting of a pair of dots placed over a letter. ... The circumflex ( ˆ ) (often called a caret, a hat or an uppen) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Dutch, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, Afrikaans and other languages, and formerly in Turkish [citation needed]. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent...


German

German keyboards add an umlauted Ü to the right of P, with Ö and Ä to the right of L and interchange the Z and Y keys both because Z is a much more common letter than Y in German, the latter seldom appearing except in borrowed words and because T and Z often appear next to each other in the German; consequently, they are known as QWERTZ keyboards. The umlaut mark (or simply umlaut) and the trema or diaeresis mark (or simply diaeresis) are two diacritics consisting of a pair of dots placed over a letter. ... Ü, or ü, is a character which represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter U with umlaut or diaeresis. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ö, or ö, is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut or diaeresis. ... Ä, or ä, is a glyph which represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, the letter A with umlaut, or a letter A with diaeresis. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Its name in English is tee . ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The QWERTZ keyboard layout used in Germany and Austria. ...


Hungarian

Hungarian keyboards use a similar layout, where the home row is longer than usual; it consists of the keys ASDFGHJKLÉÁŰ, although the letter Ű is sometimes at the end of the number row. The double acute accent (  Ì‹ ) is a diacritic mark of the latin script used primarily in written Hungarian. ...


Icelandic

Icelandic layouts add Ð to the right of P, Æ to the right of L, Ö to the right of 0 in the top row and Þ to the rightmost place in the bottom row. Ð (capital Ð, lower-case ð) (or eth, eð or edh, Faroese: edd) is a letter used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic and Faroese. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... n. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... Ö, or ö, is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut or diaeresis. ... (Redirected from 0) Zero redirects here. ... Þþ The letter Þ (miniscule: þ), which is also known as thorn or þorn is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...


Italian

Italian typewriter keyboards, but not most computer keyboards, use a QZERTY layout where Z is swapped with W and M is at the right of "L". Computers use a QWERTY keyboard with è to the right of P and ò to the right of L. Semicolon (;) key can be pressed using shift + comma (,). Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up W, w in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see M (disambiguation). ... È can be: The letter E with a Grave accent. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The grave accent ( ` ) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek until 1982 (polytonic orthography), French, Catalan, Welsh, Italian, Vietnamese, Scottish Gaelic, Norwegian, Portuguese, and other languages. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... A semicolon (  ;  ) is a punctuation mark. ... A semicolon ( ; ) is a kind of punctuation mark. ... The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ... The term comma has various uses; comma is the name used for one of the punctuation symbols: , The term comma is also used in music theory for various small intervals that arise as differences between approximately equal intervals. ... A comma ( , ) is a punctuation mark. ...


Lithuania

Lithuania keyboards use a layout known as ĄŽERTY, where Ą appears in place of Q above A, Ž in place of W above S, with Q and W being available either on the far right-hand side or by use of the Alt Gr key. Depending on the software used, the Lithuanian symbols can also be positioned in the place of digits: 1 for Ą, 2 for Č, 3 for Ę, 4 for Ė, 5 for Į, 6 for Š, 7 for Ų, 8 for Ū and = for Ž. Ogonek (Polish for little tail; In Lithuanian it is nosinÄ— which literally means handkerchief) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in Polish (letters Ä…, Ä™), Lithuanian (Ä…, Ä™, į, ų), Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua and Tutchone. ... Look up Q, q in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses of A, see A (disambiguation). ... Caron redirects here, for the French actress, see Leslie Caron. ... Look up W, w in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up S, s in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Q, q in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up W, w in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alt Gr is a modifier key on PC keyboards used to type many characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the locale of the keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters. ... Ogonek (Polish for little tail; In Lithuanian it is nosinÄ— which literally means handkerchief) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in Polish (letters Ä…, Ä™), Lithuanian (Ä…, Ä™, į, ų), Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua and Tutchone. ... ÄŒ in uper- and lowercase ÄŒ is the fourth letter of the Croatian, Czech, Serbian and Slovenian alphabet. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Ogonek. ... Ä– Ä— is a letter that is used when transliterating the cyrillic letter Э э into the latin alphabet. ... Ogonek (Polish for little tail; In Lithuanian it is nosinÄ— which literally means handkerchief) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in Polish (letters Ä…, Ä™), Lithuanian (Ä…, Ä™, į, ų), Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua and Tutchone. ... Å  in upper- and lowercase The grapheme Å , Å¡ (Latin S with caron) is used in various contexts: In Slavic languages: it is the 25th letter of the Croatian and Bosnian and 20th letter of the Slovenian alphabet, and is also used in the Czech language, Slovak language and Slovenian language, where it... Ogonek (Polish for little tail; In Lithuanian it is nosinÄ— which literally means handkerchief) is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel in the Latin alphabet used in Polish (letters Ä…, Ä™), Lithuanian (Ä…, Ä™, į, ų), Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua and Tutchone. ... A macron (from Gr. ... Caron redirects here, for the French actress, see Leslie Caron. ...


Norwegian

Norwegian keyboards inserts Å to the right of P, Ø to the right of L and Æ to the right of Ø, thus not changing the appearance of the rest of the keyboard. The letter Ã… represents various o sounds in the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, North Frisian, Walloon, Chamorro and Istro-Romanian language alphabets. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... // The Ø (minuscule: ø), is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Faroese and Norwegian alphabets. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... n. ... // The Ø (minuscule: ø), is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Faroese and Norwegian alphabets. ...


Portuguese

Portuguese keyboards maintain the QWERTY layout but add an extra key: the letter C with cedilla (Ç) after the L key. In this place, the Spanish version has the letter N with tilde (Ñ), the Ç, which is not used in Spanish, but is part of sibling languages like French, Portuguese and Catalan, which is placed at the rightmost position of the home line, beyond the diacritical dead keys and keys such as question mark (?), inverted question mark (¿) and inverted exclamation mark (¡). Look up C, c in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cedilla is a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. ... A cedilla is a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritic mark to modify their pronunciation. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... Look up N, n in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The tilde (~) is a grapheme with several uses. ... Ñ and ñ in Arial and Times New Roman, with an example word from Panare Ñ is a letter of the modern Roman alphabet formed by an N with a diacritical tilde. ... A cedilla is a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritic mark to modify their pronunciation. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of... Example of a letter with a diacritic A diacritical mark or diacritic, also called an accent, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Combining character. ... The question mark(?) (also known as an interrogation point, query,[1] or eroteme) is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... The inverted question mark and inverted exclamation point in Spanish are used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences, respectively. ... A quazzy mark is an inverted question mark. ... The inverted question mark and exclamation point are used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences, respectively. ... An exclamation mark (also exclamation point, and, rarely, mark of admiration) is a punctuation mark. ...


Romanian

Romanian keyboards have a QWERTZ layout, swapping Y with Z. ă and î are added to the right of the letter P, while ş and ţ are added to the right of the letter L. â replaces the backslash character. Changes are also made to the upper number keys, the numbers remain the same, but some of the symbols are shuffled. The most notable change is that hyphen (-) is swapped with slash (/). The QWERTZ keyboard layout used in Germany and Austria. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Z, z in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ä‚ (upper case) or ÇŽ (lower case) is a letter used in standard Romanian language orthography to represent the schwa sound, a vowel. ... The circumflex ( ˆ ) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, and other languages. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Åž ÅŸ (S-cedilla) is a letter used in Turkish, Azeri, Tatar, Kurdish and Turkmenian languages. ... A cedilla is a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritic mark to modify their pronunciation. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... The circumflex ( ˆ ) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, and other languages. ... This article is about the punctuation mark. ... This article is about the punctuation mark. ... Look up slash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The slash A solidus, oblique or slash, /, is a punctuation mark. ...


Spanish

Spanish keyboards add ñ and Ñ characters to the right of the L instead of the semicolon (;) and colon (:) characters.means spicItalic text Ñ and ñ in Arial and Times New Roman, with an example word from Panare Ñ is a letter of the modern Roman alphabet formed by an N with a diacritical tilde. ... Ñ and ñ in Arial and Times New Roman, with an example word from Panare Ñ is a letter of the modern Roman alphabet formed by an N with a diacritical tilde. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... A semicolon (  ;  ) is a punctuation mark. ... A semicolon ( ; ) is a kind of punctuation mark. ... The colon (:) is a punctuation mark, visually consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line. ... The colon (:) is a punctuation mark, visually consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line. ...


Turkish

Turkish layouts add Ğ and Ü to the right of P, Ş and İ to the right of L, Ö and Ç to the right of M. Circumflex accent can be added by typing shift + 3 preceding the letter to which accent is added. There are no typewriter Turkish QWERTY typewriters mainly because it's less ergonomic for Turkish and Turkish F layout is a mandatory standard in typewriters. Äž, or ÄŸ, is a letter, known as g-breve in English, used in the Turkish, Azerbaijani and Tatar languages. ... Ü, or ü, is a character which represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter U with umlaut or diaeresis. ... Look up P, p in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Åž ÅŸ (S-cedilla) is a letter used in Turkish, Azeri, Tatar, Kurdish and Turkmenian languages. ... Two distinct versions of the letter I, dotted and dotless, are used in the Turkish alphabet, which is a variant of the Latin alphabet. ... For other uses, see L (disambiguation). ... Ö, or ö, is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut or diaeresis. ... A cedilla is a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritic mark to modify their pronunciation. ... For other uses, see M (disambiguation). ... The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ... Events By place Roman Empire The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period. ... Look up F, f in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


As for the computer industry, while it is possible to find QWERTY keypoards as well as F keyboards in the market, the former is much more popular. A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ...


Alternatives to QWERTY

Because modern keyboards do not suffer from the problems of older mechanical keyboards, the QWERTY layout's separation of frequently used letter pairs is no longer necessary. Several alternative keyboard layouts, such as Dvorak Simplified Keyboard arrangement (designed by Dr. August Dvorak and William Dealey and patented in 1936), have been designed to increase a typist's speed and comfort, largely by moving the most common letters to the home row and maximizing hand alternation. The effectiveness of these layouts is disputed. Some studies have shown that alternative methods are more efficient, but Dvorak and other alternative typists most often cite comfort as the greatest advantage.[4] QWERTY's inventor, Christopher Sholes, patented a key arrangement similar to Dvorak's, but it never became popular. The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout // The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced ) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak, an educational psychologist and professor of education[1] at the University of Washington in Seattle,[2] and William Dealey as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout. ... Dr. August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 10, 1975)[1] was an educational psychologist and professor of education[2] at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington[3]. He and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout in the 1930s... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Some researchers, such as economists Stan Liebowitz of University of Texas at Dallas, Texas and Stephen E. Margolis of North Carolina State University, claim that QWERTY is really no less efficient than other layouts, however, their study has been disputed.[5][6] Some believe that there is evidence to support the claim that Dvorak is faster. The world record for typing speed was made on a Dvorak keyboard.[7] Opponents point out that August Dvorak stood to gain from the success of his layout, and that he may have perpetuated this "efficiency myth" to increase his financial gains. Other QWERTY advocates claim that for a QWERTY typist to switch to Dvorak or another layout requires more effort than initially learning to touch-type, because of having to retrain the fingers' muscle memory; however, the opposite claim is also made because the Dvorak layout is supposedly more intuitive. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: Live Large. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Touch typing is typing using the sense of touch rather than sight to find the keys. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Procedural memory. ...

A Norwegian Dvorak keyboard
A Norwegian Dvorak keyboard

Computer users also need to unlearn the habit of pressing key shortcuts, e.g.: Ctrl + C for copy, Ctrl + X for cut, Ctrl + V for paste, on Microsoft Windows). However, some programs and operating systems allow the use of alternate layouts combined with QWERTY shortcuts; for example, Apple's Mac OS X offers a "Dvorak-Qwerty" keyboard layout that temporarily reverts to Qwerty while the Command key is held down. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1923x822, 323 KB) It is the keyboard of an Acer laptop (Norwegian version). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1923x822, 323 KB) It is the keyboard of an Acer laptop (Norwegian version). ... Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ... Look up C, c in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ... For other uses, see X (disambiguation). ... Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ... Look up V, v in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Windows redirects here. ... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...


Opponents of alternative keyboard designs most often point to QWERTY's ubiquity as a deciding factor, because the costs incurred by using the supposedly inefficient layout are much less than those of retraining typists. It is not unusual to find Dvorak typists who also touch-type the QWERTY layout for convenience, since QWERTY dominates the keyboard market. The tension between the Dvorak efficiency and the QWERTY ubiquity illustrates the problem of collective switching costs, assuming QWERTY's relative inefficiency. Switching barriers or switching costs are terms used in microeconomics, strategic management, and marketing to describe any impediment to a customers changing of suppliers. ...


Besides the Dvorak layout, there are many other newer alternative keyboard layouts, but those layouts have not gained widespread use. A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ...


See also

A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ... The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout // The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced ) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak, an educational psychologist and professor of education[1] at the University of Washington in Seattle,[2] and William Dealey as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout. ... A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and English (QWERTY) letters. ... The Maltron keyboard is an ergonomically designed computer keyboard that was invented by Stephen Hobday and Lilian Malt in the 1970s. ... Path-dependence exists when the outcome of a process depends on its past history, on the entire sequence of decisions made by agents and resulting outcomes, and not just on contemporary conditions. ... A repetitive strain injury (RSI), also called repetitive stress injury, cumulative trauma disorder or occupational overuse syndrome, is any of a loose group of conditions from overuse of the computer, guitar, knife or similar motion or tool. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Velotype is the trademark for a type of keyboard for typing text, known as a syllabic chord keyboard. ... WASD positioning Made popular by Quake, WASD (or WSAD) is a set of four keys on the left-hand side of a QWERTY computer keyboard often used to control the players movement in first-person/third-person (FPS/TPS) computer games. ...

References

  1. ^ Schadewald, Robert. "The Literary Piano", Technology Illustrated, December, 1982 - January 1983. 
  2. ^ It has also been suggested the top row was designed to have all the letters for the word "typewriter" so that typewriter salesmen could "peck" the word "typewriter" more quickly and easily without appearing to have to "hunt" for the keys.[1][2]

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What is QWERTY keyboard? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary (261 words)
The arrangement of characters on a QWERTY keyboard was designed in 1868 by Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter.
QWERTY history and links to educational typing software
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As Qwerty was difficult to learn by comparison with the alphabetical layout, courses and armies of typing schools were established to teach it.
In the typewriter age qwerty was an insurmountable obstacle for most beginners; it created a cartel of professional typists and barred the vast majority from access to that simple technology.
Qwerty was not designed to improve typing, but to slow typists down for a primitive typewriter that didn't have return springs.