What is the significance?
2006-12-22 02:39:36 · 15 answers · asked by Skeeter 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram (A sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet) that has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards because it is coherent, short, and contains all the letters of the English alphabet. The pangram was developed by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. It was often used for testing the teletype services (a procedure known as "foxing") when these machines were still used. In the age of computers, it is often used as a sample text in font selection contexts.
2006-12-22 02:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by Melli 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The Lazy Dog
Its basically is that every letter in the English alphabet is used!
2006-12-22 02:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by theguyintelford 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is something that is used in typing classes. It just so happens that this Sentence contains all the letters of the alphabet so many times, students are required to type that sentence over and over again to get used to knowing where the different letters are on the keyboard.
2006-12-22 02:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As mentioned above, change the 'A' to 'The', and you get a sentence which contains all the letters of the alphabet. It's often used in typing (or keyboarding for the younger generation) to practice all the letter-key locations on the board.
2006-12-22 02:45:10 · answer #4 · answered by bionicbookworm 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You and other answers don't have the sentence quite right.
The quick grey fox jumps over the lazy brown dog is a typing exercise. It uses all the letters of the alphabet.
2006-12-22 02:42:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is all the letters in the alphabet, used to practice typing on a keyboard.
2006-12-22 03:26:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contains all leters in English alphabet. I had to write that sentence several times when learning English.
2006-12-22 02:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has every letter of the alphabet in it. It's used to display fonts because every letter is present.
2006-12-22 05:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a typing tool...you use ever letter of the alphabet
2006-12-22 02:41:43 · answer #9 · answered by mailjunkie123 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uses every letter of the alphabet...used to test typewriters.
2006-12-22 02:40:58 · answer #10 · answered by none 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋