In the UK it is "qwerty" i.e.the first six letters on the top row of keys (from left hand side) Developed I believe so that on manual typewriters there would be no head collisions. I think there is a US keyboard that has a significantly different layout.
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Qwerty is the most common keyboard layout
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The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced /ˈdvoɹæk/) 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. It has also been called the Simplified Keyboard or American Simplified Keyboard, but is commonly known as the Dvorak keyboardor Dvorak layout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard For a simple explanation through comics, go to http://www.dvzine.org
The layout of a QWERTY keyboard was engineered for the early mechanical typewriters, in order to avoid clashes of keys as much as possible.
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The layout of a QWERTY keyboard was engineered for the early mechanical typewriters, in order to avoid clashes of keys as much as possible.
The keyboard was originally known as the alphanumeric keyboard. In modern use, it cans also be referred to by the layout, such as the QWERTY keyboard or the Dvorak keyboard.
On standard PC keyboard layout, it is on Shift+[minus] key. You can see all characters of the active layout by clicking Start / Control Panel / Change keyboard or other input method / Change keyboard / Properties.To reconfigure your layout, you can use keyboard stickers and Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator software.
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The Dvorak keyboard is one alternbative keyboard layout.
a keyboard can have 102 or 103 keys, it depends on the layout of the keyboard.
If you're looking for another keyboard layout I could suggest a different kind of layout and that is with Dextr. This is not the typical keyboard layout that you can see on your phone and tables. See the related link.
Qwerty is the most common keyboard layout
A QWERTY keyboard's name comes from reading the first six keys in the top left letter row. It is also the most common keyboard layout.
It is because the qwerty keyboard is used universally. Most people are used to the qwerty keyboard layout but there are some keyboard layout that you can also consider the devorak and colemak