The Story Behind QWERTY – Why Keyboards Aren’t in Alphabetical Order

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

Believing back to my middle school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computer systems) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the very same concern, I was just recently reminded of that. I knew that the response was associated with the frequency of use of particular letters and also the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard configurations. To get a better answer I turned to YouTube where I knew I had seen a video on the subject not that long back..

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