2. Adjective. Denoting a standard layout of keys on a keyboard for typing, in which the leftmost keys of the top row are Q-W-E-R-T-Y. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of QWERTY
1. a standard typewriter keyboard [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of QWERTY
Literary usage of QWERTY
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School by Gene Callahan (2004)
"The Navy study ignored the fact that additional training on QWERTY will also ...
The QWERTY keyboard, far from being deliberately designed to slow down ..."
2. Black Bazaar: Design Dilemmasby Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte by Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte (2003)
"Since the beginning of typewriter evolution a coincidence somewhere along the
line made QWERTY the strongest concept. The most plausible explanation lies in ..."
3. Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade Into the 21st Century by National Research Council (1995)
"The arrangement of keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard—the QWERTY ...
Although no firm or group of firms actively promotes the QWERTY standard, ..."
4. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"The "qwerty" typewriter key layout is an example of ... 2 The "qwerty" layout of
the keyboard was established to prevent jamming on Charles Latham Sholes* ..."
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