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Colemak

Colemak proper noun: a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

Proper noun

Colemak

  1. A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

Origin of Colemak

Blend of Coleman + Dvorak, from the name of its inventor, Shai Coleman, and in reference to the earlier Dvorak keyboard layout.

Questions about Colemak

What does Colemak mean?
Colemak means a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.
What part of speech is Colemak?
Colemak is a proper noun.

Words near Colemak in the dictionary

  1. Colel
  2. Colella
  3. Colellas
  4. Colello
  5. Colellos
  6. Colemak
  7. Coleman
  8. Coleman County
  9. Colemanballs
  10. colemanite
  11. colemanites

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