qwertyusing an older system or product when a newer one would be better (derived from the arrangement of typewriter keys)Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeQWER·TY (kwûr?t?)adj. Of, relating to, or designating the traditional configuration of computer or typewriter keyboard keys.[From the first six letters at the upper left.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.qwerty (?kw??t?) or QWERTY keyboardn (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the standard English language typewriter keyboard layout with the characters q, w, e, r, t, and y positioned on the top row of alphabetic characters at the left side of the keyboardCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014QWERTY (?kw?r ti, ?kw?r-) adj. of or noting the standard typewriter or computer keyboard with q, w, e, r, t, and y being the first six of the top row of letters, starting from the left. [1925?30] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.