Dvorak keyboard

American

[dvawr-ak kee-bawrd] / ˈdvɔr æk ˈkiˌbɔrd /

noun

a keyboard designed to facilitate typing speed by having the most frequently used characters on the home row, with all the vowels on the left side.

Etymology

Origin of Dvorak keyboard

1930–35; named after its inventor, August Dvorak, U.S. educational psychologist and professor of education (1894–1975)

Example Sentences

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I don’t want to fundamentally change the way we type—I don’t have time to learn the Dvorak keyboard, and I suspect you don’t either.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2012

The typewriter was an old, standard Olympia—a German machine he'd refitted with the Dvorak keyboard which he had learned for greater efficiency.

From Pursuit by Del Rey, Lester

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