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The QWERTY layout was included in the drawing for Sholes' patent application in 1878. See keyboard, AZERTY keyboard and typewriter. QWERTY LAYOUT Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J K L ; ' Home Row ...

A keyboard layout used in France and neighboring countries. A, Z, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. AZERTY is similar to the QWERTY layout, except that Q and A are ...

Why Such An Unusual Pattern? The qwerty keyboard was invented in the 1870s by one of the creators of the original typewriter, Christopher Latham Sholes. This first typewriter was patented in 1868 ...