qwerty syndrome
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the QWERTY keyboard layout, a popular standard despite not necessarily being the most optimal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, computing, technology) The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones.
- Synonym: QWERTY phenomenon
- 2000, Jason Kroll, “Readers' Choice Awards”, in Linux Journal:
- Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers […]