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Qwerty - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Qwerty :
/kwer'tee/ (Based on 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 countries) or a space-cadet keyboard or APL
keyboard.
The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a fossil. It is
sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist,
but this is wrong; it was designed to allow *faster* typing -
under a constraint now long obsolete. In early typewriters,
fast typing using nearby type-bars jammed the mechanism. So
Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many
common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job, though; "th",
"tr", "ed", and "er", for example, each use two nearby keys).
Also, putting the letters of "typewriter" on one line allowed
it to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for demos.
The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a
suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.
[{Jargon File]
(1998-01-15)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Qwerty : /kwer'tee/ adj. [from the keycaps at the upper left] Pertaining
to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the
Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or
non-US-ASCII layouts or a space-cadet keyboard or APL keyboard.
Historical note: The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a fossil. It
is sometimes said that it was designed to slow down the typist, but this
is wrong; it was designed to allow _faster_ typing -- under a constraint
now long obsolete. In early typewriters, fast typing using nearby
type-bars jammed the mechanism. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate
the letters of many common digraphs (he did a far from perfect job,
though; `th', `tr', `ed', and `er', for example, each use two nearby
keys). Also, putting the letters of `typewriter' on one line allowed it
to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for demos. The jamming
problem was essentially solved soon afterward by a suitable use of
springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.
The QWERTY keyboard has also spawned some unhelpful economic myths
about how technical standards get and stay established; see
`http://www.reasonmag.com/9606/Fe.QWERTY.html'.
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Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Qwerty |
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xcllla_: @Shambull скажем там, если при вертикальной ориентации о Qwerty клавиатуре говорить не приходится, значит экран маловат ;) |
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fjdcm61218: disculpe los errores estoy en un azerty y al lado la pc de trabajo q es Qwerty |
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StacyhLSU: mad that a degree couldnt even make me spell alumni right!! damn Qwerty pad |
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