What the web looks like behind the scenes is nothing like what you see on your computer screens.
Lines of code in programming languages such as java script, c-sharp and ruby are the building blocks of the internet.
But there's a gap in the number of women fluent in these languages, compared to men.
Ally Watson is one of the co-founders of 'Code Like a Girl' - a small business which, as the title suggests, teaches women how to code. She explains how the programming languages work.
"A lot of them almost read like English. Every sort of language has a basic concept that's the same - it has a sentence, a noun, an adjective, and doesn't matter what type of language you learn, those concepts stay similar, and it's very like programming languages."
Ally says there a real need for more diversity in technology.
"The people creating the solutions need to all come from different backgrounds in order to produce the best results, the best products."
Her co-founder, Marcellina Mardian, agrees.
"I was interested because I started working in a digital agency and I really see the gap between marketing and the creation of products, the creation of technology."
Marcellina was one of 5 girls in her multimedia course; Ally, one of even fewer in a computer science degree.
That's why they're both determined to break down barriers and in less than a year they've created a network of female coders.
When international student Cheng Chua saw their workshops advertised through her university, she jumped at the opportunity.
"A lot of girls like me we want to get in to coding but you feel a bit intimidated because it's such a guy-dominated field."
An interest in web design has motivated Cheng to pursue coding.
The skills gap is a gaping one and rather than take technology for granted, Marcellina says women should be the ones shaping it.
"The future is tech, so whether you want to work in health or whether you want to work in sport, there is always a tech element to it. It could really take you anywhere, from being a website developer or app developer or starting your own start-up."
Code like a Girl relies on sponsorships and collaborations to run its workshops and events, which have so far attracted more than a hundred participants.
The next step for Ally and Marcellina is to enter primary and secondary schools and promote coding through curriculum. Ally explains.
"What we'd love to be for girls is a support network where we engage them at a very young age and we continue to provide them with services throughout their whole career, almost."
And that network is already building with students like Cheng.
"Sometimes I feel like the second wave of the industrial revolution is coming."
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