Reflecting to my intermediate school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computers) I remember wondering why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the very same question, I was just recently reminded of that. I knew that the response was associated with the frequency of usage of specific letters and also the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better response I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the topic not that long back..

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