Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150105)

Rick Bensene rickb at bensene.com
Sun Jan 4 10:20:25 CST 2015


> What is the significance of the phrase:
> 
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
> 
The sentence contains all of the letters of the alphabet, making it suitable as a good test for electromechanical and electronic typing equipment, as well as a good exercise for typists to be able to accurately and quickly know each letter key on the typewriter keyboard.

I didn't look this up anywhere, just knew it from memory from typing class back in high school.

-Rick Bensene




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