Why is the US keyboard symbol layout different from most other keyboards?

1. How is US keyboard layout different from UK keyboard layout?
2. Why is UK keyboard different to us keyboard?
3. Why do keyboards have different layouts?
4. What is the difference between us keyboard and US international keyboard?

How is US keyboard layout different from UK keyboard layout?

The U.S. layout follows the ANSI convention of having an enter key in the third row, while the U.K. layout follows ISO and has a stepped double-height key spanning the second and third rows.

Why is UK keyboard different to us keyboard?

That's because the UK keyboard, while very similar to the American one, has a few differences. The United Kingdom and Ireland use a keyboard layout based on the 48-key version defined in British Standard BS 4822. I've included the American keyboard and the UK keyboard below, so you can take a look at the differences.

Why do keyboards have different layouts?

There is some variation between different keyboard models in the physical layout—i.e., how many keys there are and how they are positioned on the keyboard. However, differences between national layouts are mostly due to different selections and placements of symbols on the character keys.

What is the difference between us keyboard and US international keyboard?

US-International Keyboard. The US-International keyboard uses the ', `, ~, ^, " as dead keys (highlighted in blue below), and uses Right-ALT plus !, ?, and a number of other keys to produce characters not normally available.