| 1989 - 1995 |
Photo Courtesy of Donna Coveney, MIT
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1989
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Tim Berners-Lee proposes
his idea for the World Wide Web, an internet-based hypermedia initiative
for global information sharing |
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1989
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Intel releases its latest
microchip, the 80486, which contains 1.2 million transistors |
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1990
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The launching of Windows
3.0 furthers the legal debate between Microsoft and Apple; the
operating system has a marked resemblance to the Macintosh's operating
system.
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1990
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Intel releases the i486
with its built-in math coprocessor and the iPSC/860. Motorola introduces
the 68040 with its on-chip floating point unit |
|
1990
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Berners-Lee develops
the first web-client and server, the prototype for the WWW, which
uses URLs, HTML, and HTTP |
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1992
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The widely publicized
computer virus Michelangelo is expected to destroy 1 of 4 hard
drives on March 6th, but proves to have little effect |
|
1992
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The first 64-bit chip
is introduced by DEC |
|
1993
|
Apple Computer announces
the Newton, a personal digital assistant (PDA) with handwriting
recognition capabilities |
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Permission
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1993
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Intel introduces the
Pentium Chip |
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1994
|
Jim Clark and Marc Andreesen
create Netscape Communications (their first browser), contributing
to a growing population of web surfers |
|
1995
|
Toy Story is produced
from the Pixar division of Disney and is the first full-length
computer-generated feature film. It receives rave reviews. |
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1995
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Sun Microsystems introduces the object-oriented programming language Java™ |
