Meaning of QWERTYUIOP | Babel Free
ˌkwəːtɪˈjuːiˌɒpExamples
“There follows a certain amount of irrelevant material condemning the QWERTYUIOP keyboard. It's not that it isn't true: we all know⟳ that not only is QWERTYUIOP not optimum for touch⟳ typing, but that it was designed that way!”
“In the case of the QWERTYUIOP keyboard, specifically, the obvious questions to pursue⟳ are (1) why this particular keyboard letter arrangement came about in the first place⟳ (rather than something else), and (2) how it (rather than something else) came to dominate, or became apparently 'locked-in'.”
“Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design⟳ would never, ever be replaced. Supposedly, this was due to a phenomenon called "technological lock-in." QWERTYUIOP was a horribly bad design⟳ for a keyboard—in fact, QWERTYUIOP was deliberately designed to hamper typists—but the effort required to learn⟳ it was so crushing that people would never sacrifice it.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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