qwerty syndrome

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English

Etymology

Named after the QWERTY keyboard layout, a popular standard despite not necessarily being the most optimal.

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qwerty syndrome

  1. (idiomatic, computing, technology) The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones.
    Synonym: QWERTY phenomenon
    • 2000, Jason Kroll, “Readers' Choice Awards”, in Linux Journal:
      Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers []

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