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

Thinking back to my middle school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computer systems) I remember questioning why the keyboard wasnt arranged in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the very same concern, I was recently reminded of that. I knew that the answer was associated with the frequency of usage of particular letters and also the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better answer I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long back..