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1868
– The typewriter was invented. The Sholes & Gliddentypewriter features a Qwerty keyboard (a keyboard having in thetraditional typewriter arrangement with the letters q, w, e, r, t, y being the first six at
the
top row alphabetic characters startingfrom the left side), which separates common letter combinations, like ‘‘qu’’ and ‘‘th,’’ to minimize hammer crashwhen the keys are struck. -
1936 – The Dvorak layout keyboard is also called the simplified keyboard. The layout of the keyboard puts the most frequently used letters in the most accessible positions.
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1956
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology begins experimenting with direct keyboard inputting on computers. -
1964
– A popular mainframe computer system/360 was developed by I.B.M. I.B.M introduced specialized command keys to the keyboard, e.g. Esc, Alt, Ctrl, Pause,Break, SysRq (system request). -
1994
– The natural keyboard was introduced by Microsoft; it has three extra keys that enable the use of the operating system without a mouse. -
2004
– A fold-able keyboard was made which the keyboard can be packed together for laptops, travelling etc. Most keyboards are rigid, but the fold-able keyboard can demonstrate one of many variations from the usual keyboards. -
20+ - Keyboard in the future might have features that contain full color display on every key. The keyboard might be easily used in all languages and can be customized for any program or function; it might include mathematics, web development, Photoshop and games.
