QWERTY

A laptop computer keyboard using the QWERTY layout

The BlackBerry, which popularized the use of QWERTY keyboards on smartphones in the late-2000s

QWERTY (/ˈkwɜːrti/ KWUR-tee) is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets; the name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top letter row of the keyboard: QWERTY. The design evolved for the quick typing of English on typewriters.

The QWERTY keyboard layout, first introduced on the Sholes and Glidden typewriter in 1874 and popularized by Remington's 1878 model, remains the standard keyboard arrangement in use today. While alternatives like Dvorak and Colemak exist, European countries utilize modified versions such as QWERTZ for German and AZERTY for French.