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The
personal computer has been around for just over 20 years and
it has revolutionised the way we work. One of the most important
component of the computer is the keyboard, or as is often referred
to in technical terms the main input device (the mouse is another).
The keyboard allows the user to communicate with the computer.
At any given moment, millions and millions of keyboards around
the world are used to tap messages into a computer, in offices
of heads of state and tents in the desert.
But…have you ever wondered where the “nonsensical” QWERTY layout
of the modern computer keyboard comes from? Or why the keys
on the keyboard are in the order in which they are?
If you are interested in the history of the keyboard, this section
covers how the QWERTY keyboard came to be and the reasons why
computer keyboards are so hard to use.
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