QWERTY keyboard layout

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The QWERTY keyboard layout is the standard arrangement of keys used on most English-language typewriters and computer keyboards, named after its first six letters in the top letter row.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf keyboard layout
text input method
comparedWith AZERTY keyboard layout NERFINISHED
Colemak keyboard layout NERFINISHED
Dvorak keyboard layout NERFINISHED
QWERTZ keyboard layout NERFINISHED
designedTo reduce jamming in mechanical typewriters
hasKey A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Q
R
S
T
V
W
X
Y
Z
backspace key
enter key
modifier keys
number keys
punctuation keys
shift key
space bar
tab key
hasKeyRow bottom letter row
home row
number row
top letter row
hasVariant UK QWERTY layout NERFINISHED
US QWERTY layout
international QWERTY layout
influenced design of virtual keyboards
touchscreen keyboard layouts
introducedInCentury 19th century
language English
namedAfter first six letters on the top letter row
standardFor most English-language computer keyboards
most English-language typewriters
topRowSequence QWERTY
usedFor computer keyboards
mobile device keyboards
typewriters
typing English text

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Keyboard Monument hasLayout QWERTY keyboard layout