Azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn ... why?
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Hello,
I wanted to know for at least five years - why the letters are arranged on the keyboard in the following order: ''azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn''. That's why I researched several sites because I know I'm not the only one asking this question and I found something that might - perhaps - help you solve this question...
Here it is;
Substitution ciphering is a cryptography technique that has been used for a long time since Caesar's cipher is a particular case of it. Without further details, it generally refers to a monoalphabetic substitution cipher, which involves substituting each letter of the alphabet in a message with another (from the same alphabet or potentially from another), for example, as Caesar did a for d, b for e and so on. When the arrival alphabet is the same, the substitution is defined by a permutation of the letters of the alphabet. However, the substitution cipher differs from permutation ciphers, which are defined by a permutation of the letters in the message.
Simple substitution ciphering is easy to break through frequency analysis of the letters in the encrypted text, but it remains as an elementary component of modern ciphers (these are the S-Boxes of substitution-permutation networks).
To obfuscate cryptanalysis through frequency analysis, various more or less elaborate substitution techniques have been invented over the centuries, such as homophonic substitution ciphers (a frequent letter can be replaced by different signs), or polyalphabetic substitution.
MONOALPHABETIC SUBSTITUTION CIPHERS
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Monoalphabetic substitution is one of the oldest encryption methods. It consists of systematically replacing a given letter of the alphabet in the plaintext with a given sign (which can simply be another letter). Two distinct letters must be encrypted with two distinct signs; otherwise, there would be ambiguity during decryption. The same letter is always encrypted with the same sign: this is the principle of monoalphabetic substitution. Here is an example where both the plaintext and cipher alphabet consist of the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
AZERTYUIOPQSDFGHJKLMWXCVBN
the message SUBSTITUTION becomes LWZLMOMWMOGF.
Knowing the order of the Latin alphabet, it is enough to provide the sequence of the 26 corresponding signs, which is the encryption key. The cipher alphabet can be the same as the plaintext alphabet (changing it does not introduce additional security). For the Latin alphabet, this allows constructing 26! ? 4 × 10²⁶ substitutions (on the order of 288), namely the number of permutations of the 26 letters.
To more easily remember the cipher key (a sequence of 26 letters when encrypting with the Latin alphabet), it is possible to obtain it from a keyword, completed afterwards with the remaining letters in alphabetical order (either starting from the beginning of the alphabet or from the last letter of the keyword).
I wanted to know for at least five years - why the letters are arranged on the keyboard in the following order: ''azertyuiopqsdfghjklmwxcvbn''. That's why I researched several sites because I know I'm not the only one asking this question and I found something that might - perhaps - help you solve this question...
Here it is;
Substitution ciphering is a cryptography technique that has been used for a long time since Caesar's cipher is a particular case of it. Without further details, it generally refers to a monoalphabetic substitution cipher, which involves substituting each letter of the alphabet in a message with another (from the same alphabet or potentially from another), for example, as Caesar did a for d, b for e and so on. When the arrival alphabet is the same, the substitution is defined by a permutation of the letters of the alphabet. However, the substitution cipher differs from permutation ciphers, which are defined by a permutation of the letters in the message.
Simple substitution ciphering is easy to break through frequency analysis of the letters in the encrypted text, but it remains as an elementary component of modern ciphers (these are the S-Boxes of substitution-permutation networks).
To obfuscate cryptanalysis through frequency analysis, various more or less elaborate substitution techniques have been invented over the centuries, such as homophonic substitution ciphers (a frequent letter can be replaced by different signs), or polyalphabetic substitution.
MONOALPHABETIC SUBSTITUTION CIPHERS
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Monoalphabetic substitution is one of the oldest encryption methods. It consists of systematically replacing a given letter of the alphabet in the plaintext with a given sign (which can simply be another letter). Two distinct letters must be encrypted with two distinct signs; otherwise, there would be ambiguity during decryption. The same letter is always encrypted with the same sign: this is the principle of monoalphabetic substitution. Here is an example where both the plaintext and cipher alphabet consist of the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
AZERTYUIOPQSDFGHJKLMWXCVBN
the message SUBSTITUTION becomes LWZLMOMWMOGF.
Knowing the order of the Latin alphabet, it is enough to provide the sequence of the 26 corresponding signs, which is the encryption key. The cipher alphabet can be the same as the plaintext alphabet (changing it does not introduce additional security). For the Latin alphabet, this allows constructing 26! ? 4 × 10²⁶ substitutions (on the order of 288), namely the number of permutations of the 26 letters.
To more easily remember the cipher key (a sequence of 26 letters when encrypting with the Latin alphabet), it is possible to obtain it from a keyword, completed afterwards with the remaining letters in alphabetical order (either starting from the beginning of the alphabet or from the last letter of the keyword).
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Hello
The real reason???
Well, you just have to look at the old mechanical typewriters..
The aim is to slow down the typing speed to avoid jamming the moving parts..
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Chouba, Moderator CCM
Bibapeloula
The real reason???
Well, you just have to look at the old mechanical typewriters..
The aim is to slow down the typing speed to avoid jamming the moving parts..
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Chouba, Moderator CCM
Bibapeloula
Geogeos
Indeed, all the most commonly used letters are mostly on the left side, thus slowing down typing speed, as most people are right-handed.
Moby_Dick
Also, commonly used letters nearby (such as a and u, for example) have been placed far apart to prevent them from getting stuck together.
Adamouniey
Thank you, I was wondering about that for... 15 seconds!
Angelo
Thank you, honestly! I was asking myself the question while looking at my keyboard, lol.
clxm
We will also notice that all the vowels are on the first line, and why? Well, I will explain it to you now: we don't care and it won't change the world not to know it... :)