Thinking back to my intermediate school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computers) I remember wondering why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the very same concern, I was just recently advised of that. I understood that the answer was connected to the frequency of use of particular letters and likewise the early constraints of typewriter keyboard configurations. But to get a better response I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long ago..

CNNs The Story Behind QWERTY discusses the origins of the QWERTY keyboard and why it is still the standard on computer system keyboards today..