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

Reflecting to my middle school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computer systems) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the same question, I was recently reminded of that. I understood that the answer was related to the frequency of usage of particular letters and also the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups. To get a much better response I turned to YouTube where I knew I had actually seen a video on the subject not that long back..