COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS A COMPUTER KEYBOARD
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ZXCVBN
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ASDFGH
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QWERTY
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -QWERTY refers to the first six letters on the upper row of the keyboard. The key arrangement was devised by Christopher Latham Sholes, whose Type-Writer, as it was then called, was first mass-produced in 1874.
Detailed explanation-2: -QWERTY (/ˈkwɜːrti/) is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets. The name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard ( Q W E R T Y ). The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to E. Remington and Sons in 1873.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why is Q the first letter of the keyboard?
Detailed explanation-4: -The QWERTY keyboard is the standard English keyboard layout used for text input in computing devices worldwide. The name QWERTY is obtained from the first six alphabet keys on the alphabet line ‘Q’, ‘W’, ‘E’, ‘R’, ‘T’, ‘Y’, ‘U’, ‘I’, ‘O’, and ‘P on the keyboard.
Detailed explanation-5: -The ‘qwerty’ keyboard was designed for use on typewriters so that frequently used letters were spread apart, avoiding clashing or jamming of the most used ‘hammers’.