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The QWERTZ (/ˈkwɜːrts/ KWURTS) QWERTZU (/ˈkwɜːrtsuː/ KWURT-soo), or QWERTZUIOP keyboard is a typewriter and keyboard layout widely used in Central and Southeast Europe. The name comes from the first six letters at the top left of the keyboard: (Q W E R T Z).
The main difference between QWERTZ and QWERTY is that the positions of the Z and Y keys are switched (hence the nickname "kezboard"[citation needed]). This change possibly was made for three major reasons:[citation needed]
Similar to many other non-English keyboards:
Some of the special key inscriptions are often changed from an abbreviation to a graphical symbol (for example ⇪ Caps Lock becomes a hollow arrow pointing up, ← Backspace becomes a left-pointing arrow). In German and Austrian keyboards, most of the other abbreviated labels are in German: Ctrl (control) is translated to its German equivalent "Strg" for Steuerung, and Delete is abbreviated "Entf" (entfernen). Esc and ↵ Enter on the numeric keypad are not translated, however. (See: Key labels)
The QWERTZ layout is widely used in German-speaking Europe as well as other Central European and Balkan countries that use the Latin script. While the core German-speaking countries use QWERTZ more or less exclusively, the situation among German-speakers in East Belgium, Luxembourg, and South Tyrol is more varied. The other countries using QWERTZ were historically parts of Austria-Hungary and/or had strong German technological, economic and cultural influences, which caused them to use German typewriters with the QWERTZ layout.
QWERTZ is the default keyboard layout for the Albanian language in Microsoft Windows.
The PC keyboard layout commonly used in Germany and Austria is based on one defined in a former edition (October 1988) of the German standard DIN 2137-2. The current edition DIN 2137:2012-06 standardizes it as the first (basic) one of three layouts, calling it “T1” (Tastaturbelegung 1, or “keyboard layout 1”).
It employs dead keys to type accented characters like é, and the AltGr key to access characters in the third level (e.g. [, ], @, the euro sign €, or the micro- µ). The “T2” layout as specified in the 2012 edition of the German standard also uses the group selection to access special characters like the long s, or foreign characters like “Æ” or “Ə”.
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The QWERTZ (/ˈkwɜːrts/ KWURTS) QWERTZU (/ˈkwɜːrtsuː/ KWURT-soo), or QWERTZUIOP keyboard is a typewriter and keyboard layout widely used in Central and Southeast Europe. The name comes from the first six letters at the top left of the keyboard: (Q W E R T Z).
The main difference between QWERTZ and QWERTY is that the positions of the Z and Y keys are switched (hence the nickname "kezboard"[citation needed]). This change possibly was made for three major reasons:[citation needed]
Similar to many other non-English keyboards:
Some of the special key inscriptions are often changed from an abbreviation to a graphical symbol (for example ⇪ Caps Lock becomes a hollow arrow pointing up, ← Backspace becomes a left-pointing arrow). In German and Austrian keyboards, most of the other abbreviated labels are in German: Ctrl (control) is translated to its German equivalent "Strg" for Steuerung, and Delete is abbreviated "Entf" (entfernen). Esc and ↵ Enter on the numeric keypad are not translated, however. (See: Key labels)
The QWERTZ layout is widely used in German-speaking Europe as well as other Central European and Balkan countries that use the Latin script. While the core German-speaking countries use QWERTZ more or less exclusively, the situation among German-speakers in East Belgium, Luxembourg, and South Tyrol is more varied. The other countries using QWERTZ were historically parts of Austria-Hungary and/or had strong German technological, economic and cultural influences, which caused them to use German typewriters with the QWERTZ layout.
QWERTZ is the default keyboard layout for the Albanian language in Microsoft Windows.
The PC keyboard layout commonly used in Germany and Austria is based on one defined in a former edition (October 1988) of the German standard DIN 2137-2. The current edition DIN 2137:2012-06 standardizes it as the first (basic) one of three layouts, calling it “T1” (Tastaturbelegung 1, or “keyboard layout 1”).
It employs dead keys to type accented characters like é, and the AltGr key to access characters in the third level (e.g. [, ], @, the euro sign €, or the micro- µ). The “T2” layout as specified in the 2012 edition of the German standard also uses the group selection to access special characters like the long s, or foreign characters like “Æ” or “Ə”.
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