Why are the keys on a key board layed out the way they are?

Keys distribution

A key board is laid out the same as a typer writer.

Qwerty keyboard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY

Azerty keyboard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY


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