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Why Keyboards in QWERTY...order?

Have you ever wondered like why the computer, typewritter and the phones' key board is in QWERTY....order? And why not in Alphabetical order? Well, I have always wondered about it. But somewhere in the corner of my mind, I thought it works the best in this, QWERTY...order. However, I was amazed to discover the amazing reason for not having the keyboard in Alphabetical order. And the reason is, it is to retard the typing speed. Confused? Yeah, I was also confused first. And it's your turn now, to get confuse. LoL. But have patient. I am going to explain it. And the explanation is, the first typing machine was invented by Christopher Scholes in 1873. The keyboard was in Alphabetical order. However, it was found out that, when a person type the words very fast, the keys got stuck together and the machine stopped functioning. That's where, the QWERTY keyboard is been designed; to retard the typing speed. Amazing right? Now, I hope I broke the confusion.