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From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
QWERTY
/kwer'tee/, adj.
[from the keycaps at the upper left] Pertaining to a standard
English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard
after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or non-US-ASCII layouts or a
{space-cadet keyboard} or APL keyboard.
Historical note: The QWERTY layout is a fine example of a {fossil}. It is
sometimes 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. So Sholes fiddled the layout to separate the letters of many
common 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 allowed it to be typed with particular speed
and accuracy for {demo}s. The jamming problem was essentially solved soon
afterward by a suitable use of springs, but the keyboard layout lives on.
The QWERTY keyboard has also spawned some unhelpful economic myths about
how technical standards get and stay established; see http://
www.reasonmag.com/9606/Fe.QWERTY.html.
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