qwerty syndrome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the QWERTY keyboard layout, a popular standard despite not necessarily being the best.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
- (idiomatic, computing, technology) The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior technologies or practices.
- 2000, Jason Kroll, “Readers' Choice Awards”, in Linux Journal:
- Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers […]