CNNs The Story Behind QWERTY explains 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 electric typewriters, not computers) I keep in mind wondering why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the very same concern, I was recently advised of that. I knew that the answer was connected to the frequency of use of specific letters and likewise the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long earlier..