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

Believing back to my middle school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computer systems) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. I was just recently reminded of that when my five-year-old asked me the exact same question. I understood that the answer was associated with the frequency of use of certain letters and also the early limitations of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a better response I turned to YouTube where I understood I had seen a video on the subject not that long earlier..