While the "language" of the internet (HTML) was created in a European country, the main thrust of program development was in the USA. English has long been the language of computer science and the language used in the British system of education. Early technology developers were either from English speaking countries or from countries where English was used for STEM. One other reason for English in early computer programming was the lack of diacritics required for English. Before the standardization of such marks required for other languages, English was simply easier for most people to write.

Thanks Eric

This is a very interesting question. I believe it's a consequence of the "head-start" English-speaking countries have had in regards to technology. From the first integrated circuit to the globalization of the "social" web applications (i.e. Youtube, Facebook), all of these inventions originated from English-speaking countries, and proceeded to become internationalized. I remember my professor recalling that during the 70's and 80's, programming was "purely an American sport". Though this is not entirely true, it speaks volumes of what expertise and influence can be maintained with an early lead. A couple of good examples are: C programming language or tech giants such as IBM or Google.

thanks Andrew

One of the ways is this: Technology evolves at such a fast pace that students and researchers prefer to learn the language in which books are written rather than wait for a translated (but at that time not so much useful) edition of the book to hit the shelves; it also happens (for a positive feedback phenomena), that this language is mostly the English language. -- Why did this originate, why English is now the winner ? Several reasons, some related to the high quality of University tuition in the United States, not to forget how many scientists moved to English speaking countries during the dark and dangerous times of WWII; from Italy, for instance, just to name some great figures: Enrico Fermi (Physicist) Emilio Segre` (Physicist) Andrea Giacomo (aka Andrew James) Viterbi (Mathematician, Businessman) GOOD LUCK with your school work (if that is the case)!