Christopher
Sholes invented in 1867 then re-sold for Remington in 1873.
Because Its How It Is
the order of the keys was selected to reduce the chance of hammer clash jams on early typewriters. Sholls invented the QWERTY order used on american typewriters.
the qwerty row keys are q,w,e,r,t,y,u,i,o,p,
Qwerty keyboard is the standard keyboard designed for typewriters and or cellphones. It contains the letters in the top row of the keys. It was designed in this manner back in 1868 by Christopher Sholes , when he invented the typewriter keys. It was designed this way to prevent sticking of the keys, although it did slow down the speed in which typing could occur.
Keys - as in a board of keys = keyboard
it is for short called qwerty
because the inventor of the keyboards last name was qwerty
The layout of a QWERTY keyboard was engineered for the early mechanical typewriters, in order to avoid clashes of keys as much as possible.
Qwerty, and Dvorak. Pertaining to the layout of the keys.
qwerty
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 specific arrangement of keys on a keyboard is a separate issue, from whether you are using physical keys or virtual keys. The virtual keyboard is an alternative to the actual keyboard, not to the QWERTY keyboard.