Believing back to my intermediate school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computers) I remember wondering why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. I was just recently reminded of that when my five-year-old asked me the very same concern. I knew that the answer was associated with the frequency of use of particular letters and likewise the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had seen a video on the subject not that long earlier..

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