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The History of the Keyboard

By 21zaidia
  • Invention of Typewriter

    Invention of Typewriter

    First ever typewriter was invented in 1868 by Christopher Latham Soles
  • Creation of QWERTY Layout

    Creation of QWERTY Layout

    The QWERTY keyboard layout patented by Sholes and his partner James Densmore in 1878.
  • Creation of Dvorak layout

    Creation of Dvorak layout

    Simplified keyboard or Dvorak layout was patented
  • Keyboard Experiments at MIT

    Keyboard Experiments at MIT

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology begins experimenting with direct keyboard inputting on computers.
  • I.B.M. system development

    I.B.M. system development

    I.B.M. develops the System/360, a popular mainframe computer system, which introduced specialized command keys like Esc, Alt, Ctrl, Pause, Break and SysRq
  • I.B.M develops 83-key keyboard

    I.B.M develops 83-key keyboard

    I.B.M. introduces its Personal Computer with an 83-key keyboard that has 10 function keys, a NumLock key, Esc, Alt, Ctrl, SysRq and other mainframe keys.
  • IBM invents 101 key keyboard

    IBM invents 101 key keyboard

    After two years of development, I.B.M. introduces an enhanced 101-key keyboard that can be used across all its platforms and systems. Other manufacturers adopt it as a de facto standard.
  • Natural Keyboard invention for computer use

    Natural Keyboard invention for computer use

    n anticipation of Windows 95, Microsoft introduces the Natural Keyboard, which has three extra keys that enable the use of the operating system without a mouse.