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Curious Kids: why do we have a QWERTY keyboard instead of putting the letters in alphabetical order?
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Someone in my computer science class changed the keys on this keyboard to alphabetical order : r/mildlyinteresting
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Example of an alphabetic keyboard layout (photograph by Butt & Lindseth). | Download Scientific Diagram
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