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

Thinking back to my middle school typing class (done on electric typewriters, not computer systems) 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 very same question. I knew that the response was related to the frequency of use of specific letters and also the early limitations of typewriter keyboard setups. But to get a much better response I turned to YouTube where I knew I had seen a video on the subject not that long earlier..

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

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