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QWERTY

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000989

A common keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, named for the first six keys on the top-left row of the alphanumeric section. It was originally designed to minimize typebar jamming on mechanical typewriters by separating commonly used letter pairs. This layout is standard on most English-language computer keyboards.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000989
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/qwerty/"
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