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

Thinking back to my intermediate school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computer systems) I remember wondering why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the exact same concern, I was recently reminded of that. I understood that the answer was connected to the frequency of usage of specific letters and also the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard configurations. To get a better response I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long back..