QWERTY
keyboard layout with first line "QWERTYUIOP"
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Summary
QWERTY is a keyboard layout[1]. QWERTY ranks in the top 6% of keyboard layout entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,800 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Christopher atoles BR BR patapin[3]
- Subclass of: keyboard layout[4]
- Has use: Latin script[5]
- Commons category: QWERTY keyboard layouts[6]
- Inception: January 1878[7]
- IPA transcription: ˈkwɚti[8]
- Different from: FITALY[9], QWERTZ[10], AZERTY[11]
- Has list: list of QWERTY keyboard language variants[12]
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Influence
Things named for QWERTY include Qwerty[13], a single[14] and 6600 Qwerty[15], an asteroid[16].
Why It Matters
QWERTY has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] QWERTY is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]
Entities named for QWERTY include Qwerty[13], a single[14] and 6600 Qwerty[15], an asteroid[16].