QWERTY layout

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:keyboard
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Remington_No._2_typewriter
gptkbp:alternativeTo AZERTY layout
Colemak layout
Dvorak layout
gptkbp:category Human–computer interaction
Text input
Keyboard layouts
gptkbp:characteristic designed to reduce jamming in mechanical typewriters
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Christopher_Latham_Sholes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label QWERTY layout
gptkbp:introducedIn 1873
gptkbp:ISOStandard ISO/IEC 9995-2
gptkbp:namedAfter first six letters on the top letter row
gptkbp:patent gptkb:Christopher_Latham_Sholes
1878
gptkbp:standardizedBy English-speaking countries
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:usedIn typewriters
computer keyboards
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commodore_16000_series
gptkb:Commodore_26000_series
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7