r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Feb 21 '17

What do you know about... the UK?

This is the sixth part of our ongoing weekly series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The UK is the second most populous state in the EU. Famous for once being the worlds leading power, reigning over a large empire, it has recently taken the decision to exit the EU.

So, what do you know about the UK?

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u/karmagovernment United Kingdom Feb 21 '17 edited Feb 22 '17

"Famous for once being the worlds leading power"

Oh come off it, the UK's famous for a hell of a lot more than that.

Evolution? Big Bang? Gravity? Computers? World Wide Web? Football? EPL? Rugby? Cricket? Trains? BBC? The Rolling Stones? English Language? Shakespeare? Roald Dahl? Industrial Revolution? Scientific Revolution? Harry Potter? Lord of the Rings? Kings & Queens? 2 World Wars? Churchill? Tea? Oxford? Cambridge? James Bond? The Beatles? Dickens?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17 edited Apr 17 '17

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u/nounhud United States of America Feb 22 '17

Should be "the programmable computer".

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17 edited Apr 17 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17

First Universal programmable Computer was invented in germany, our computer architecture as we still use it today was invented by the hungarian-american John von Neumann.

Wrong and wrong. First universal, turing complete programmable computer was invented by Charles Babbage- the Analytical Engine. Also, the first electronic digital programmable machine was the Colossus; also British. Secondly von Neumann architecture isn't used today, people have reduced the concept down to a shared memory region.