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

Thinking back to my middle school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computers) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. I was recently advised of that when my five-year-old asked me the very same question. I knew that the answer was associated with the frequency of usage of particular letters and also the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. But to get a better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long ago..