"The name "QWERTY" for computer keyboard comes from the first six letters in the top alphabet

row. It
is also referred to as the "Universal" keyboard. It was the work of inventor C. L. Sholes, who put together
the prototypes of the first commercial typewriter in a Milwaukee machine shop back in the 1860's."

The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) is the best-known alternative to QWERTY, also known as the
American Simplified Keyboard, ASK layout. It was named after its inventor, August Dvorak. There are
also numerous adaptations for languages other than English, and single-handed variants. Dvorak's
original layout had the numerals rearranged, but the present-day layout has them in numerical order.
The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard has numerous properties designed to increase typing speed, decrease
errors, and increase comfort. The most prominent property involves concentrating the most used English
letters in the home row where the fingers rest, thus having 70% of typing done in the home row
(compared to 32% in QWERTY).