Mapping Letter Frequency to a Keyboard

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The most widely used computer keyboard layout today comes from yesterday's typewriters. Christopher Latham Sholes invented the QWERTY keyboard for the commercial typewriter in 1874. "QWERTY" stands for the first six letters in the top row of letters. The QWERTY layout was designed to prevent a typewriter from jamming.
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Contributed by: Frederick Wu (March 2011)
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[1] Wikipedia, "QWERTY." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY.
[2] Wikipedia, "Dvorak Simplified Keyboard." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard.
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Published: March 7 2011