does qwerty have a special meaning?

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Answer 1

No, just the first 6 letters on the second row down (under the numbers row) on the typewriter or keyboard.

Some cool QWERTY trivia from Wiki:

The longest common English word that can be typed using only the left hand (using conventional hand placement) is stewardesses. The words sweaterdresses and aftercataracts are longer and can also be typed with only the left hand, but they are not in all dictionaries.
The longest English word that can be typed with the right hand only (using conventional hand placement) is johnny-jump-up, or alternatively polyphony.
The word typewriter can be typed entirely using the top row of the QWERTY keyboard; Clive (Max) Maxfield and Alvin Brown have stated that the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard "craftily ensured that the word 'Typewriter' could be constructed using only the top row of letters. This was intended to aid salesmen when they were giving demonstrations.
Teeter-totter is the longest word that can be typed on the top row with hyphens.
Long English words that can be typed with the keys of one row only include typewriter, property, and rupturewort.
The average person is expected to type 30-40 words per minute using the touch typing technique on a QWERTY keyboard. 40-50 words per minute is considered good.
QWERTY is the name of the Bible-verse-displaying computer in VeggieTales shows.

Answer 2

QWERTY is just the first few letters of the top row of the standard english keyboard. It doesn't mean anything else (it's nonsense as a word).

On old mechanical typewriters the keys would jam if you typed too fast. So the keys were arranged so that frequent letter combinations would not run into one another as much and cause fewer jams. The standard arrangement ended up with QWERTY being the first few letters.

There are more efficient key layouts and for a while some people experimented with these alternate layouts. None became very popular.

Answer 3

Yes, the qwerty defines the ordinary keyboard , the one you ar eprobably using now where the keys on the top (second or third row down ) says q-w-e-r-t-y.
Notice that they are still the same in a laptop but different as you make the instrument smaller, ie telephone, calculator, blackberry etc)
A few people have complained that the qwerty keyboard is not at all efficient for fingers, as they have been simply inherited from the old typewriter keyboard.
Old habits die hard !

Answer 4

Like other posters have said, it's the first six letters on the upper row of a standard keyboard. Other keyboard layouts have been developed, but none have really caught on.

The term "qwerty" is also used to refer to this standard keyboard.
Example: "Hey Jane--when we get the new PC's for the office, do you want to try one of the different keyboard layouts?" "No thanks--I"ll stick to a qwerty."

The qwerty layout actually slows typing. It dates back to the invention of the mechanical typewriter, when typing too quickly caused the letter strikers to jam. That's why letters normally used in combination are positioned far apart.

Answer 5

I don't see any reason to change the configuration at this point in time. I grew up with qwerty, that's what I'm used to. If they brought out new keyboards for younger people, I would still use my old qwerty. GO QWERTY! Also, I have to say, it sounds a little quirky.

Answer 6

Wikipedia: QWERTY
QWERTY, (pronounced ) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English ... Designer Artemy Lebedev's take on keyboard layout and the history of QWERTY ...
Quick Links: Purpose - Alternative keyboard layouts - Trivia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY - 32k - Cached - More from this site
Why QWERTY was Invented
The name "QWERTY" for our typewriter keyboard comes from the first six letters ... The QWERTY keyboard itself was determined by the existing mechanical ...home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html - 7k

Answer 7

Look at your keyboard. Starting in the upper row of letters starting on the left, you will see QWERTY. As far as I know, QWERTY is just a designation for a regular keyboard.

Answer 8

Refers to the order of the keys in the top alpha row of a keyboard

Answer 9

It's the top line on a keyboard or a typewriter. It was set up that way so the keys on old typewriters would not jam when fast typists typed.

Answer 10

I was taught that the keys on a keyboard were set up to have most often used letters in the easiest spaces to reach.