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

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

Reflecting to my intermediate school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computers) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the same question, I was just recently advised of that. I knew that the answer was related to the frequency of usage of particular letters and likewise the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a better answer I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long back..

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