QWERTYUIOP

Alternative forms

 * qwertyuiop

Etymology
From the top row of letters on a keyboard.

Adjective

 * 1) * 1998 December,, Distraction: A Novel (Bantam Spectra Book), New York, N.Y.: , ISBN 978-0-553-10484-4 ; Bantam mass market edition, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, October 1999, ISBN 978-0-553-57639-9 , page 382:
 * Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced. Supposedly, this was due to a phenomenon called "technological lock-in." QWERTYUIOP was a horribly bad design for a keyboard—in fact, QWERTYUIOP was deliberately designed to hamper typists—but the effort required to learn it was so crushing that people would never sacrifice it.
 * 1) * 1998 December,, Distraction: A Novel (Bantam Spectra Book), New York, N.Y.: , ISBN 978-0-553-10484-4 ; Bantam mass market edition, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, October 1999, ISBN 978-0-553-57639-9 , page 382:
 * Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced. Supposedly, this was due to a phenomenon called "technological lock-in." QWERTYUIOP was a horribly bad design for a keyboard—in fact, QWERTYUIOP was deliberately designed to hamper typists—but the effort required to learn it was so crushing that people would never sacrifice it.
 * Oscar had been assured many times that the venerable QWERTYUIOP keyboard design would never, ever be replaced. Supposedly, this was due to a phenomenon called "technological lock-in." QWERTYUIOP was a horribly bad design for a keyboard—in fact, QWERTYUIOP was deliberately designed to hamper typists—but the effort required to learn it was so crushing that people would never sacrifice it.