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ANSI QWERTY keyboard layout (US) Remington 2 typewriter keyboard, 1878 A laptop computer keyboard using the QWERTY layout. QWERTY (/ ˈ k w ɜːr t i / KWUR-tee) is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets.
Pressing the key and then a character that does not take the specific diacritic produces the behaviour of a standard keyboard. The key presses followed by spacebar generate a stand-alone mark.: grave accents (e.g. à, è, etc.) needed for Scots Gaelic are generated by pressing the grave accent (or 'backtick') key ` , which is a dead key, then ...
The QWERTZ layout is widely used in German-speaking Europe as well as other Central European and Balkan countries that use the Latin script.While the core German-speaking countries use QWERTZ more or less exclusively, the situation among German-speakers in East Belgium, Luxembourg, and South Tyrol is more varied.
The UK variant of the Enhanced keyboard commonly used with personal computers designed for Microsoft Windows differs from the US layout as follows: . The UK keyboard has 1 more key than the U.S. keyboard (UK=62, US=61, on the typewriter keys, 102 v 101 including function and other keys, 105 vs 104 on models with Windows keys)
The modern Dvorak layout (U.S.) Dvorak / ˈ d v ɔːr æ k / ⓘ [1] is a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout).
First edition (publ. Hutchinson) Homage to Qwert Yuiop (1986) — published in the United States as But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen? — is a collection of essays and reviews by Anthony Burgess, first published in The Observer, The New York Times and The Times Literary Supplement.
A popular example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud". Since Internet slang is constantly changing, it is difficult to provide a standardized definition. [2] However, it can be understood to be any type of slang that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have coined.
Being a typist was considered the right choice for a "good girl", meaning women who present themselves as being chaste and having good conduct. [139] According to the 1900 census, 94.9% of stenographers and typists were unmarried women. [140] This also led to an increase in schools and classes for typing in order to prepare for a future job.