Computer Keyboard The modern computer keyboard started with an invention called the “Typewriter.” A man named, Christopher Latham Sholes, created this invention. He patented the typewriter that has been around since 1868. Developments in technology created the transition of the typewriter to the computer keyboard. The first type of a computer keyboard was the Teletype machine, which was introduced in the 1930’s. The Teletype machine joined the technology of the typewriter and the telegraph together. In …showed first 75 words of 414 total…

…showed last 75 words of 414 total…E. McGurrin, introduced what we know as “touch typing.” This is where typists could type without looking, by memorizing them. This created a much faster typing speed than handwriting speeds. This however created a problem, the proficient typists would cause the keys to get stuck together, because the majority of used letters were all on the home row. This led to the QWERTY keyboard which is the one that you and I know and recognize.