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A dead key is a special kind of modifier key on a mechanical typewriter, or computer keyboard, that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter. The dead key does not generate a
Spanish typewriter (QWERTY keyboard) with dead keys for acute, circumflex, diaeresis, and grave accents.
QWERTY
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QWERTY is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets; the name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top letter row of the keyboard: QWERTY. The design evolved for the quick typing of En
Dead key
…and a letter, but rather only one dead key for each diacritic, in addition to the normal base letter keys. For example, if a keyboard mapping (such as US international) has a dead key for the circumflex, ^, the character â can be generated by first pressing ^ and then a. Usually, the diacritic itself can be generated…
A laptop computer keyboard using the QWERTY layout
The BlackBerry, which popularized the use of QWERTY keyboards on smartphones in the late 2000s
Keys are arranged on diagonal columns to give space for the levers
Remington 2 typewriter, 1878 – First typewriter with a shift key for upper and lower case characters