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

Reflecting to my middle school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computer systems) I remember questioning why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. I was recently advised of that when my five-year-old asked me the exact same concern. I understood that the answer was associated with the frequency of usage of particular letters and likewise the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long ago..