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

Thinking back to my intermediate school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computers) I remember wondering why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. I was recently advised of that when my five-year-old asked me the same question. I knew that the answer was associated with the frequency of use of specific letters and likewise the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long back..