home row

Typist's starting position

The home row is the middle row of letter keys on a keyboard where typists rest their fingers in the standard touch-typing position.

On a QWERTY keyboard, this is the row containing A-S-D-F on the left hand and J-K-L-semicolon on the right, with small raised bumps on F and J to help fingers find position without looking.

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