Speed typing contest

File:Nationale kampioenschap typen in Den Haag, Bestanddeelnr 906-7444.jpgIn a speed typing contest contestants compete to attain the highest accurate typing speeds.{{cite web | url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/telenor-to-start-qualifications-for-sms-speed-typing-contest | title=Telenor to start qualifications for SMS speed typing contest | publisher=Telecompaper | date=October 21, 2010 | access-date=January 9, 2012

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| url=https://dataentrytestonline.com/das-keyboard/ | title=Country's First Ultimate Typing Champion to be Crowned at SXSW Interactive | date=9 January 2020 | publisher=Data Entry Test

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| url=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1792154&imageID=1668009&parent_id=1785129&word=&snum=0&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=3&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=17&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=17 | title=Contests - Winner of speed typing contest with prize typewriter | publisher=New York Public Library Digital Gallery | access-date=January 9, 2012

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| url=http://www.catholic.org/hf/family/story.php?id=27357 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801083300/http://www.catholic.org/hf/family/story.php?id=27357 | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 1, 2012 | title=Typing contest teaches keyboard skills — needed even in the computer age | publisher=Catholic.org (News) | date=March 28, 2008 | access-date=January 9, 2012 | author=Lovejoy-Voss, Kim

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| url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/193505/ipad_vs_laptop_vs_netbook_vs_iphone_typing_test.html | title=iPad vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. iPhone: Typing Test | publisher=PC World | date=April 5, 2010 | access-date=January 9, 2012 | author=McCracken, Harry}} These contests have been common in North America since the 1930s and were used to test the relative efficiency of typing with the Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts.Readings in Applied Microeconomics: The Power of the Market, Craig Newmark, p. 219 - 220{{Cite book

|title=Human Motor Control

|first=David A. |last=Rosenbaum

|year=2009

|publisher=Academic Press

|isbn=978-0123742261

|page=305

|edition=2nd

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsFmds_ACBwC&q=Human+Motor+Control%2C+David+A.+Rosenbaum%2C&pg=PP1

}}