Computer keyboard types

thumb|right|A laptop computer keyboard using the QWERTY layout thumb|right|The BlackBerry, which popularized the use of QWERTY keyboards on [[smartphones in the late-2000s]]

keyboard layout for English

software component that allows a user to enter characters

[[File:Latin keyboard layouts by country in Europe map.PNG|thumb|270px|Geographic distribution of keyboards in Europe:

thumb|Demonstration Marc Grandjean (1928) A steno machine, stenotype machine, shorthand machine, stenograph or steno writer is a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use. In order to pass the United States Registered Professional Reporter test, a trained court reporter or closed captioner must write speeds of approximately 180, 200, and 225 words per minute (wpm) at very high accuracy in the categories of literary, jury charge, and testimony, respectively. Some stenographers can reach up to 375 words per minute, according to the website of the Californ

thumb|A telephone keypad using the ITU E.161 standard. thumb|Numeric keypad, integrated with a computer keyboard thumb|A calculator thumb|1984 flier for projected capacitance keypad A keypad is a block or pad of buttons set with an arrangement of digits, symbols, or alphabetical letters. Pads mostly containing numbers and used with computers are numeric keypads. Keypads are found on devices which require mainly numeric input such as calculators, television remotes, push-button telephones, vending machines, ATMs, point of sale terminals, combination locks, safes, and digital door locks. Many de

type of computer keyboard

computer keyboard designed for good ergonomics

type of keyboard using flat keys separated by bezels

keyboard used on MIT Lisp machines

computer keyboard wirelessly connected to a computer

computer input device where the user enters characters or commands by pressing several keys together (like a piano chord); requires only one hand