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<\/p>\nWith the launch of the new top level .uk domain name extension just around the corner, we’re taking a nostalgic look back at the best of British (and Irish!) when it comes to the internet and all things technology-related.<\/p>\n
It’s an increasingly held belief that the UK has been losing ground when it comes to inventions and world leadership, but in fact, it couldn’t be any further from the truth. We’ve made some of the world’s most important technological advances, ranging from the world’s first supercomputer to the creation of HTML…and we’re confident that this is just the beginning. Here’s our list of some of the most notable Brits and their digital achievements.<\/p>\n
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If you were to hazard a guess at who the world’s first programmer was and when, you’d probably go for a university-educated man in the 1940s or 1950s. In fact, that title (arguably) goes to Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace<\/a>, a mathematician who was born in London in 1815.<\/p>\n Alongside Charles Babbage<\/a>, a recognised ‘father of computing’, Ada Lovelace was also responsible for the first ever programming language. Although the code was never tested<\/a>, it was designed for Analytical Engine<\/a>, one of the first general-purpose computers.<\/p>\n This was called the Colossus and was created by engineer Tommy Flowers in order to decrypt German messages in WWII. You can see a recreation of it today at the UK Museum of Computing in Milton Keynes<\/a>.<\/p>\nWorld’s first programming language<\/h3>\n
World’s first digital programmable computer<\/h3>\n