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Dvorak

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Dvorak

Summary

Dvorak is a keyboard layout[1]. Dvorak draws 3,530 Wikipedia views per month (keyboard_layout category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dvorak is credited with the discovery of August Dvorak[3].
  • Dvorak's instance of is recorded as keyboard layout[4].
  • August Dvorak is named after Dvorak[5].
  • Dvorak's Commons category is recorded as Dvorak keyboard layouts[6].
  • Dvorak's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1936[7].
  • Dvorak's derivative work is recorded as Bépo layout[8].

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Definition and Type

Dvorak's instance of is recorded as keyboard layout[4].

Origins

August Dvorak is named after Dvorak[5].

Why It Matters

Dvorak draws 3,530 Wikipedia views per month (keyboard_layout category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] Dvorak has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Dvorak is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

August Dvorak

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → August Dvorak
    Discoverer or inventor → August Dvorak
    Derivative work → Bépo layout
    Named after → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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