- Most common keyboard layout
- Named after the first six keys on the top row of letters
- Developed in 1878 by Christopher Sholes
Dvorak
- Designed to be more efficient than QWERTY
- Places the most frequently used letters on the home row
- Developed in 1932 by August Dvorak
Colemak
- Another alternative to QWERTY
- Aims to reduce finger movement and increase typing speed
- Developed in 2006 by Shai Coleman
QWERTZ
- Variant of QWERTY used in Germany and other European countries
- The Z and Y keys are swapped from their positions in QWERTY
AZERTY
- French keyboard layout
- The A and Z keys are swapped from their positions in QWERTY
- The M key is also moved to the right
JIS
- Japanese keyboard layout
- Uses a different character set than QWERTY
- The Enter key is located on the bottom right of the keyboard