Keyboard Types, Layout & Technology
What is Keyboard? Keyboard is an input device attached to a computer. This is used to print the text, numbers and special characters on screen in a document. What we are using today is a refined design of yester year’s research and development. There are lots of improvements happen from its invention to development keeping in user’s point of view and ease. Now keyboard is most useful peripheral device of a computer. History of Keyboard The invention of this wonderful device based on tele printer and keypunch machines. Christopher Latham Sholes was an American Inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard. He was the first man who invented the first commercially used typewriter. He was born in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania on 14th February 1819. His design is the base of development in the field of keyboard. The first computer ENIAC was based on a punch card reader as its input and output device. But after 2years another computer BINAC was developed that was designed to use electro-me...