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September 23, 2009, 08:58:12 PM

On most computers, a keyboard is the primary text input device. (The mouse is also a primary input device but lacks the ability to easily transmit textual information.) The keyboard also contains certain standard function keys, such as the Escape key, tab and cursor movement keys, shift and control keys, and sometimes other manufacturer-customized keys.

The computer keyboard uses the same key arrangement as the mechanical and electronic typewriter keyboards that preceded the computer. The standard arrangement of alphabetic keys is known as the QWERTY (pronounced KWEHR-tee) keyboard, its name deriving from the arrangement of the five keys at the upper left of the three rows of alphabetic keys.

This arrangement, invented for one of the earliest mechanical typewriters, dates back to the 1870s. Another well-known key arrangement is the Dvorak (pronounced duh-VOR-ak, not like the Czech composer) system, which was designed to be easier to learn and use.

The Dvorak keyboard was designed with the most common consonants on one side of the middle or home row and the vowels on the other side so that typing tends to alternate key strokes back and forth between hands.

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Re: Keyboard

August 16, 2010, 11:37:10 PM

In computing, a keyboard is an input device, partially modeled after the typewriter keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. After punch cards and paper tape, interaction via teletype-style keyboards became the main input device for computers.

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Re: Keyboard

August 18, 2010, 04:13:07 AM

*Mod Hat On*
This thread now resides in Off Topic Discussion - Non Programming rather than Web Design. This is general knowledge and historical information rather than a discussion on web design techniques.
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Re: Keyboard

August 19, 2010, 11:42:30 AM

Quote from: darkpassenger on August 18, 2010, 04:13:07 AM

Agreed!

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Re: Keyboard

October 27, 2010, 12:12:24 AM

just wanted to add that while i'm very proficient at typing - 100 plus words a minute, i also use the dragon voice recognition program because i have to do so much typing. it's taken a while to get it to understand a few words but mine is so customized now very little correction is needed.

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