qwerty syndrome en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Named after the QWERTY keyboard layout, a popular standard despite not necessarily being the most optimal.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones.
Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers […]
2000, Jason Kroll, “Readers' Choice Awards”, in Linux Journal: