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Why is the origin in computer graphics coordinates start at the top left?

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Why is the origin in computer graphics coordinates start at the top left?

From what I've seen almost all things use coordinates where (0, 0) is at the top left and the positive Y-axis goes in the downwards direction of your screen.

Why is it like this? Why not the conventional positive Y-axis going upwards like shown in graphs in simple math classes?