COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS A COMPUTER KEYBOARD
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Question
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____ is the inventor of a keyboard.
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Charles Babbage
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Douglas Engelbart
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Sir Christopher Latham Sholes
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter and introduced the keyboard layout that is familiar today.
Detailed explanation-3: -The QWERTY keyboard was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, who invented it around 1867. Typewriters were in existence before that time, but none of them had a keyboard. The first working keyboard was developed by 1867, although it wasn’t a commercial success.
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