qwertyuiop
Syllables: qwer·ty·u·i·opUK/ˌkwəːtɪˈjuːiˌɒp/US/ˌkwɚtiˈjuiˌɑp/
qwertyuiop is the alternative form of QWERTYUIOP.
Noun capitalized: QWERTYUIOP
QWERTYUIOP (uncountable)
- Synonym of QWERTY.
- 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!1984, Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, The Users Guide to Small Computers (Pournelle Users Guide; #1), New York, N.Y.: Baen Enterprises, →ISBN, page 66
- 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'.1997, Tony Lawson, “Illustration”, in Economics and Reality, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 249
- Synonyms:
- QWERTY
Synonyms of qwertyuiop
Forms of qwertyuiop
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Origin of qwertyuiop
From the top row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard.
Questions about qwertyuiop
- What does qwertyuiop mean?
- Qwertyuiop means synonym of QWERTY.
- What is qwertyuiop the alternative form of?
- Qwertyuiop is the alternative form of QWERTYUIOP.
- What part of speech is qwertyuiop?
- Qwertyuiop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce qwertyuiop?
- Qwertyuiop is pronounced /ˌkwəːtɪˈjuːiˌɒp/ (UK).
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