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QWERTY After the letters on the top row.
The name for a normal English (US & UK) keyboard is Standard QWERTY keyboard. (QWERTY being the first 5 letters of the top row of letters of the typing section of the keyboard). Whereas The name for a normal German keyboard is Standard QWERTZ keyboard. (QWERTZ being the first 5 letters of the top row of letters of the typing section of the keyboard).
It is called a QWERTY keyboard because of the first 6 letters on your keyboard. Look at your keyboard and look at the first six letters at the top. It will be 'qwerty' hence the name.
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The name QWERTY comes from the six letters at the left of the top row of letters on that keyboard (Q, W, E, R, T, and Y). Hence, QWERTY should actually be all in capitals, despite what many people think.
The first name of the keyboard was called "Qwerty", you can actually see those letters on the top left hand corner of your keyboard too.
Typewriter
As far as I know, the official name of a computer typing keyboard is the Qwerty Keyboard. This is due to the top alphabetic line's first six letters. They are arranged in this way to separate the mostly used keys as in the type writer days, when people became fast typers, the needle kept getting jammed.
The letters from the top row of the keyboard are Q W E R T Y U I O and P, so the word that can be formed using those letters (and repeating a couple) is typewriter.More Answer...From the letters on the top row of a keyboard you can also type PEPPERROOT, PEPPERWORT, PERPETUITY, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER, PREREQUIRE, PRETORTURE, PROPRIETOR, REPERTOIRE, REPETITORY, TETTERWORT. If you'd like a 12 letter word with a hyphen, then TEETER-TOTTER.
The QWERTY keyboard is designed to rreduce typing speed, as old typwriters could be damaged if used too fast. The name QWERTY comes from the first six letters on the top row of letters on the keyboard.
QWERTY--the top row of letters for the left hand
The word "Qwerty" comes from the arrangement of letters on the top row of keys on a standard English-language typewriter or keyboard. It was designed this way in the 19th century to prevent jamming of the typebars, which were common on early typewriters with the previous alphabetical layout.