QWERTY keyboard

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Designed to be inefficient by placing most-used letters on the edges to prevent typewriter jams. It is purposefully built to be slow, illustrating how historical constraints can lead to suboptimal standards.

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Chris Williamson

Designed to be inefficient by placing most-used letters on the edges to prevent typewriter jams. It is purposefully built to be slow, illustrating how historical constraints can lead to suboptimal standards.