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CLAVIER DISPOSITION DVORAK [1 record]

Record 1 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A keyboard arrangement that is easier and faster to use than standard QWERTY keyboard.

OBS

First patented by August Dvorak in 1932.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
CONT

Le principe du clavier Dvorak repose sur le regroupement, au centre du clavier, des touches les plus fréquemment utilisées.

OBS

A la différence du clavier QWERTY, le clavier Dvorak place les signes deux-points, virgule et point à la place des signes QWE.

OBS

«Dvorjak» est la graphie phonétique de «Dvorak».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
DEF

Teclado alterno para el teclado común llamado "QWERTY" (por las primeras cinco letras de la primera hilera de teclas).

CONT

El teclado Dvorak pone las cinco vocales "a, e, i, o, u" juntas bajo la mano izquierda en la hilera del centro y las cinco consonantes más usadas "d, h, t, n, s" bajo los dedos de la mano derecha.

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