It's the standard keyboard (look on the top row of letters). It was originally designed the way it is now because original typewriters' keys would stick together if you typed too fast, so they tried to prevent that by putting the letters you used the most farther apart. There was another keyboard created, called the Dvorak keyboard, which was much more efficient. It had most of the letters you use the most on the middle row, so you didn't have to reach all over to type most words. Typists who used it could type at least double what they could on the "qwerty" keyboards once they adapted to them, but they never caught on.
2006-08-03 08:23:33
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answered by cross-stitch kelly 7
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Main Entry: QWER·TY
Pronunciation: 'kw&r-tE, 'kwer-
Function: noun
Usage: often not capitalized
Etymology: from the first six letters in the second row of the keyboard
: a standard typewriter keyboard -- called also QWERTY keyboard
2006-08-02 09:19:32
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answered by Anonymous
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Pronounced "kwer-tee", refers to the arrangement of keys on a standard English computer keyboard or typewriter. The name derives from the first six characters on the top alphabetic line of the keyboard.
2006-08-02 07:57:40
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answered by Tim B 4
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It's not a word. It is the first 6 keys in the top line of a traditional keyboard.
2006-08-02 07:56:30
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answered by jurydoc 7
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They're the 6 first letters of the top row of letters on a standard keyboard.
2006-08-02 07:56:46
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answered by glurpy 7
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It's a short-cut to reference to qwertyuiop - the whole top row of alpha keys on a typewriter or this keyboard.
2006-08-02 08:10:58
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-10-01 09:43:39
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answered by ? 4
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Queers want everything right,thank you
2006-08-02 08:40:04
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answered by Anonymous
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