
Why does 0 come after 9 on the keyboard and not before 1? Here is the historical explanation
Remington No. 2, 1878. Credit: Martin Howard, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pay attention: on your computer or smartphone keyboard, 0 is found after 9 and never before 1. Realizing this apparent strangeness spontaneously raises a question: Why on the keyboard does 0 come after 9 and not before 1? The answer has its roots in the history of ...








