why do keyboard in computer start with qwer instead of abc?

Answer 1

Once our typing instructor answered that same question, when a student asked Why all the letters were mixed up on a key-board?
He said when the typing machines were invented, the key-board was totally different following the order of the A,B,C, and the typists acquired such a speed that all the mechanism used in those days could very easily tangle together -the letters were mounted on long metallic strips-, and the solution was to make the key-board more inefficient, and the inventors came up with the key-board known as QWERTY, the one in use nowadays.
Give it the value of an anecdote, but as he said this key-board is designed to slow down the speed of the typist.

Answer 2

Because in the "olden days" of manual typewriters, they had to work out a system where the most popular letters could be arranged in such a way that when the keys were struck they wouldn't collide with each other on the way up and down. It also lay the most used letters near the index fingers because they are the stronger ones, (because it took a fair bit of force to move the letter keys up) so more capable of being used more often. So they came up with the QWERTY keyboard arrangement.
This arrangement continues to today, here on the computer keyboard, even though there is less reason for the arrangement, except that it is fairly universal now.

Answer 3

Actually the qwerty keyboard is the least efficient, but it has worked so far. I believe there is another keyboard(forgot name) that is more efficient, but has less capabilities.

I think the reason why the common keyboard doesn't have the letters in alphabetical order was because when keyboards came out, people typed too fast since the keys were in easy spots, and the computers couldn't handle the speed. So they jumbled up the letters.

Answer 4

The keyboard layout is known as a 'qwerty' keyboard. It's designed to be easier and faster to use, it was designed back in the 1860's for typewriters.

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Answer 5

Hi,

It's definitely because not all letters were made equal! (in term of frequency) What you are referring to is called the keyboard "layout" and is strongly related to the language you are using. For example, French keyboards are not "QUERTY" but "AZERTY". Researchers have been trying to use different layouts to provide a faster and easier input.

Answer 6

Because that's how a keyboard usually is.
I'm pretty sure they arranged the letters this way instead of ABC for a good reason. :)

Answer 7

It is set up so that the most common letters are easily accessed by your fingertips when you are using the keyboard properly.

Answer 8

i've always been told that it's to put the common letters in a easy to reach place

Answer 9

whats the biggest word you can spell out of qwertyuiop?

typewriter

Answer 10

for fasta typing. its specially formulated so tat fingers dun gets 'tangled' up.