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QWERTY

QWERTY (/ˈkwɜːrti/ KWUR-tee) is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets; the name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top letter row of the keyboard: .mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em…

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Computer keyboards

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Half QWERTY

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QWERTY

Nodes155
Edges154
Triples135
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012903
Components1

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QWERTY

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related to Diacritical marks · 22
QWERTY → Alt, Alternative Graphics, AltGr, ChromeOS, English, European, For, Ireland, Irish, Linux, Most European, PCs, Scots Gaelic, The, The US International, This, UK, UK Extended, US, US-International
related to Contemporaneous alternatives · 13
QWERTY → American, Blickensderfer, Blickensderfer's, DHIATENSOR, English, Hammond, Ideal, Lucien Stephen Crandall's, Not, Teletype, The, There, Thomas Edison's
related to Properties · 13
QWERTY → Almost, Alternating, Contrary, English, ETA, German, In, Indeed, On, Thousands, TZ, While, ZU
related to Apple International English Keyboard · 12
QWERTY → Apple Keyboards, Apple QWERTY, Differences, English, International English, Option, Shift, The International English, There, United Kingdom, United States, US
related to Alternatives · 11
QWERTY → Although, August Dvorak, Colemak, Dvorak, Economists Stan Liebowitz, Most, Nevertheless, Several, Stephen Margolis, The, World War II
related to EurKEY · 11
QWERTY → AltGr, EFTA, EU, EurKEY, Europeans, Greek, Shift, These, Unlike, US-standard QWERTY, Western European
related to history · 10
QWERTY → Carlos Glidden, Christopher Latham Sholes, In October, Kenosha, Samuel, Sholes, Soulé, The, The QWERTY, Wisconsin
related to Comparison to other keyboard input systems · 8
QWERTY → Although Shorthand, Colemak, Comparisons, Dvorak, English, However, Modern, The
related to Computer keyboards · 7
QWERTY → ASCII, Esc, IBM Selectric, Later, Teletype, The, These
related to External links · 6
QWERTY → Article, EH, Keyboard, MobilesAndroid, NET's EncyclopediaQWERTY Keyboard HistoryQWERTY, Path Dependence

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layout key keyboard altgr keys used letter dead languages english diacritics keyboards standard letters characters shift using language extended also

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éinstance ofcombined characters0.80text
õ were created by the use of dead keys for the diacriticsinstance ofcombined characters0.80text
the Teletype were typewriters that could produceinstance ofComputer keyboardsThe first computer terminals0.80text
be controlled by computer codesinstance ofComputer keyboardsThe first computer terminals0.80text
escape Escinstance ofThese used the QWERTY layouts but added keys0.80text
added ASCII punctuation like less-thaninstance ofThese used the QWERTY layouts but added keys0.80text
greater-than signsinstance ofThese used the QWERTY layouts but added keys0.80text
and often moved the shift combinations for punctuation to simplify the electronicsinstance ofThese used the QWERTY layouts but added keys0.80text
many more AltGr combinations.The layout is installed from the settings panelinstance ofand ChromeOS also provide this layout with slight modifications0.80text
vowels andinstance ofOnly certain letters0.80text
QWERTYrelated to AlternativesSeveral0.60section
QWERTYrelated to AlternativesNevertheless0.60section

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