Question: "The quick brown fox jumps.........? What is unique about this sentence,\nwho created it, and for what purpose?\n\n"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

Answer: That sentence is known as a "Panagram" or "holoalphabetic sentence".  Where all letter's of the alphabet are usedat least once.  That sentence was created by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability.  It is also used to see how certain font appears.  For more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagram\n\nHere's a few more I found and there sites:\n"Gazing at the ubiquitous testing kit, I grabbed my pump and was very grateful for my access to such jazzy technological fixtures."\n"I would coax the cat to just come inside but she'd rather venture out and pounce the flock of squabbling, fuzzy bees."\nhttp://sixuntilme.com/blog1/2006/06/the_...\n\nHow razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts! \nCrazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. \nSixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. \nJohn Prady, give me a black walnut box of quite small size. \nSix big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. \nMy girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit. \nCozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen. \nAdjusting quiver and bow, Zompyc killed the fox.\nMy faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. \nThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \nThe quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. \nThe jay, pig, fox, zebra and my wolves quack! \nPack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. \nFew quips galvanized the mock jury box. \nJackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. \nThe five boxing wizards jump quickly. \nHow quickly daft jumping zebras vex. \nTwo driven jocks help fax my big quiz. \nBright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. \nQuick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. \nQuick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. \nSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. \nWaltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex. \nBrick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox. \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/panagram...
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