The Story Behind QWERTY – Why Keyboards Aren’t in Alphabetical Order

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

Believing back to my intermediate school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computers) I remember questioning why the keyboard wasnt organized in alphabetical order. I was just recently reminded of that when my five-year-old asked me the same concern. I knew that the response was related to the frequency of usage of certain letters and also the early restrictions of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a better response I turned to YouTube where I understood I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long ago..

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