Have you ever thought why a typewriter or keyboard is QWERTY??

It was something to do with splitting up the most commonly used letters. When the first typewriters were made they had long keys that needed to reach the paper and return each time they made an impression. If they were too close together they used to get caught up and needed to be prized apart by hand - messy and time consuming. So they tried to put the commonly used letters on different parts of the keyboard so that they did not get jammed so often. Then the least often used ones were placed in the most awkward positions so that they were not needed very often. Now when we read it across it becomes QWERTY.

as far as i know there are two types QWERTY and AZERTY first one is used for english keyboard and other one is for french language and perhaps some other european languages too. i think their places are assinged to them according to their use by users while writing. i don't know if there's are other reasons too:)

I have just heard about this QWERTY phenomenon lately and while MagicalMerlin's answer is absolutely right, here's the version that I heard. Originally, the Qwerty phenomenon was purposely messed up so as to lower the speed of the typing. Because if a person can type really fast in the old typewriter that we used to know. the bars/rod--or what do you call it--would jam. That's according to my professor, Dr. Peter Beamish :D

the keyboard is placed in such a way becuase these are letters that you do not use all the time... who invented the typewriter keyboard? i am sure thats why they did it that way!