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

Reflecting to my intermediate school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computers) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt set up in alphabetical order. When my five-year-old asked me the exact same question, I was recently reminded of that. I understood that the response was associated with the frequency of usage of certain letters and likewise the early limitations of typewriter keyboard configurations. To get a much better answer I turned to YouTube where I understood I had seen a video on the topic not that long earlier..