
The QWERTY Keyboard History
The first 6 letters on a standard keyboard are, Q-W-E-R-T-Y. This is where the term, “QWERTY” derived and is now a short-hand term for the most popular international keyboard. Early mechanical typewriters had a horrible history of the metal arms getting jammed while typists attempted to type in a fast manner. This caused a lot of frustration as well as many costly and time consuming mistakes. Christopher Latham Sholes designed the QWERTY keyboard in the 1870’s. Mr. Sholes des