THE QWERTY ENIGMA: UNRAVELING THE HISTORY OF A KEYBOARD STANDARD

Few inventions have achieved such ubiquitous acceptance as the QWERTY keyboard. First designed in the mid 1800s, its layout has become the dominant model worldwide. Yet, the genesis of this seemingly unintentional arrangement remain shrouded in secrecy. The popular narrative attributes QWERTY's popularity to the mechanical limitations of early typ