QWERTY

qwerty

using an older system or product when a newer one would be better (derived from the arrangement of typewriter keys)

QWER·TY

Q0042600 (kwûr′tē)adj. Of, relating to, or designating the traditional configuration of computer or typewriter keyboard keys.

[From the first six letters at the upper left.]

qwerty

(ˈkwɜːtɪ) or

QWERTY keyboard

n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the standard English language typewriter keyboard layout with the characters q, w, e, r, t, and y positioned on the top row of alphabetic characters at the left side of the keyboard

QWERTY

(ˈkwɜr ti, ˈkwɛr-)

adj. of or noting the standard typewriter or computer keyboard with q, w, e, r, t, and y being the first six of the top row of letters, starting from the left. [1925–30]

Translations

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QWERTY

(hardware)/kwer'tee/ (From the top left row of letter keys ofmost keyboards) Pertaining to a standard English-languagetypewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboardafter its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak orforeign-language layouts (e.g. "keyboard AZERTY" infrench-speaking countries) or a space-cadet keyboard or APL keyboard.

The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a fossil. It issometimes 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. SoSholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of manycommon 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 allowedit to be typed with particular speed and accuracy for demos.The jamming problem was essentially solved soon afterward by asuitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.

Acronym

Definition

QWERTY➣[not an acronym] Standard typewriter/keyboard layout, top row left, first 6 letters