"Dvorak" meaning in English

See Dvorak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdvɔːʒæk/ [UK], /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ [UK], /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/ [US], /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/ [US], /ˈdvɔɹæk/ [US], /dəˈvɔɹæk/ [US] Audio: En-us-Dvorak.ogg
Etymology: From Czech Dvořák. The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cs|Dvořák}} Czech Dvořák Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Dvorak (not comparable)
  1. (computing, typography) Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Typography, Typing keyboards Related terms: azerty, Colemak, qwerty, qwertz
    Sense id: en-Dvorak-en-adj-k3duGhz8 Disambiguation of Typing keyboards: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences, typography

Proper name

IPA: /ˈdvɔːʒæk/ [UK], /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ [UK], /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/ [US], /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/ [US], /ˈdvɔɹæk/ [US], /dəˈvɔɹæk/ [US] Audio: En-us-Dvorak.ogg
Etymology: From Czech Dvořák. The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cs|Dvořák}} Czech Dvořák Head templates: {{en-prop}} Dvorak
  1. A surname from Czech.
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