QWERTY called "US-International layout" is, in fact, OS-dependent. There exist other layouts that try to overcome this shortcoming. One popular is EurKEY which is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. A dead key is not used, like a grave accent (`) on a QWERTY keyboard, although some people use a dead key. Depending on the operating system and sometimes the application program being used, there are many ways to generate Latin characters with accents independently of the layout in use. Minor changes to the arrangement are made for other languages. There are a large number of different keyboard layouts used
Portuguese keyboard layout are specified in the ABNT NBR ("Norma Brasileira Regulamentadora") 10346 variant 2 (alphanumeric) and NBR 10347 (numeric portion) standards. Portuguese keyboard layout There are two QWERTY-based keyboard layouts used for the Portuguese language. Additionally, there are two variants of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard designed for Brazilian Portuguese. Typewriters in Portuguese-speaking countries generally have a separate extra key for "Ç", and a dead key for each diacritic except the cedilla; so that "Á" is obtained by typing first the acute accent, then the letter "A". The same thing happens with computer keyboards, except when using an "English – International" keyboard layout,