5. A keyboard, as in claim 2, for the Italian language comprising letter and control keys arranged as follows: on the left hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: U assigned to the first thumb key and the space key is assigned to the second thumb key; on the home key row: O assigned to the second home key, I assigned to the third home key, A assigned to the fourth home key, and E assigned to the fifth home key; and on the lower letter key row: case shift assigned to the third lower letter key; and on the right hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: M assigned to the fourth thumb key and N assigned to the fifth thumb key; on the home key row: L assigned to the eighth home key, S to the ninth home key, T assigned to the tenth home key, and R assigned to the eleventh home key; and on the lower letter key row: V assigned to the fifth lower letter key, P assigned to the sixth lower letter key, C assigned to the seventh lower letter key, and D assigned to the eighth lower letter key.
5. A keyboard, as in claim 2, for the Italian language comprising letter and control keys arranged as follows: on the left hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: U assigned to the first thumb key and the space key is assigned to the second thumb key; on the home key row: O assigned to the second home key, I assigned to the third home key, A assigned to the fourth home key, and E assigned to the fifth home key; and on the lower letter key row: case shift assigned to the third lower letter key; and on the right hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: M assigned to the fourth thumb key and N assigned to the fifth thumb key; on the home key row: L assigned to the eighth home key, S to the ninth home key, T assigned to the tenth home key, and R assigned to the eleventh home key; and on the lower letter key row: V assigned to the fifth lower letter key, P assigned to the sixth lower letter key, C assigned to the seventh lower letter key, and D assigned to the eighth lower letter key. 10. A keyboard, as in claim 5, for the Italian language comprising character and control keys arranged in serial order along key rows as viewed by the operator from the outer edge of the keyboard to the center of the keyboard as follows: on the left hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: along the thumb key row: U assigned to the first thumb key, space key is assigned to the second thumb key, and the carriage return assigned to the third thumb key; along the home key row: O assigned to the second home key, I assigned to the third home key, A assigned to the third home key, and E assigned to the fourth home key; along the lower letter row: (lower case: hyphen; upper case underline) assigned to the first lower letter key; (lower case: apostrophe) assigned to the second lower letter key; (lower case: accent grave; upper case: accent grave) assigned to the third lower letter key, and case shift assigned to the fourth lower letter key; and along the upper letter row: (lower: case: accent acute; upper case: accent acute) assigned to the fourth upper letter key; on the right hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: along the thumb key row: M assigned to the fourth thumb key row, N assigned to the fifth thumb key, F assigned to the sixth thumb key; along the home key row: (lower case: period; upper case: period) assigned to the seventh home key, L assigned to the eighth home key, T assigned to the tenth home key, R assigned to the eleventh home key, and G assigned to the twelfth home key; along the lower letter key row: V assigned to the fifth lower letter key, P assigned to the sixth lower letter key, C assigned to the seventh lower letter key, and D assigned to the eighth lower letter key; and along the upper letter key row; Z assigned to the eighth upper letter key, (lower case: comma; upper case comma) assigned to the ninth upper letter key, B assigned to the tenth upper letter key, H assigned to the eleventh upper letter key, and Q assigned to the twelfth upper letter key; in the center of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: the code key and function keys.