< hardware > A configuration of (computer) keyboard keys arranged to increase the speed and ease of typing over the normal qwerty layout; the most common characters (for English) have been put on the home row.
The standard Dvorak International layout is:
`~ 1! 2@ 3# 4% 5^ 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) [\ ]\ \\| '" , p y f g c r l /? += a o e u i d h t n s -_ ;: q j k x b m w v z
[Do other Dvorak-like layout standards exist for other languages?]
(2002-03-14)