Dvorak
See also: Dvořák
English
Etymology
From Czech Dvořák. The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dvorak
- A surname from Czech
Adjective
Dvorak (not comparable)
- Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.
- Dvorak keyboard
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