digital milestones in the 21st century
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Digital milestones in the 21st Century
The �rst teletype is connected to a "timesharing" mainframe computer.
Introduction of DIGITAL's PDP-8, the world's �rst mass-produced minicomputer.
The term "microcomputer" is �rst used in print
The very �rst electronic message is transmitted from one remote computer at UCLA to another at Stanford research institute using ARPANET
The 8" �oppy disk appears. It doesn't
seem large at the time
Atari releases Pong, the �rst
commercial video game.
Intel introduces its 200-KHz 8008 chip, the �rst
commercial 8-bit microprocessor. This sparks
the development of smaller, faster, and cheaper
computers.
First appearance of an interpreted
BASIC programming
language
The world's �rst supercomputer, the Cray-1, is introduced
The Commodore PET, Apple II, and Radio Shack's TRS-80 are all released.
Introduction of the VAX-11/780 "supermini" computer
WordStar software becomes the �rst commercially successful word processor.
The �rst e-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself
The �rst virus named creeper is created
1980’s
The IBM PC 8080 is
introduced.
Apple's Lisa is introduced, the �rst commercial
microcomputer with a graphical user interface.
Architecture of the Domain Name System
(DNS) is designed, containing 1000 hosts.
Apple Macintosh is introduced, the �rst mainstream commercial
computer with a graphical user interface. In six months sales of the
computer reach 100,000.
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is created,
representing a shift from the DOS
operating system.
MCI Mail and CompuServe provide
the �rst commercial email connection through NSFNET
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web
1990’s
CD-RMicrosoft Windows 3.0 is released, beginning the era of Microsoft's domination of the software industry
Philips speci�es the
characteristics and format of a
recordable CD, or CD-R.
An early World Wide Web (WWW) system is released by CERN to the high energy physics community
Network service providers America Online and Delphi connect their proprietary email systems to the Internet
The HTML 1.0 standard is published.
CERN releases the World Wide Web into the public domain
HTML 2.0, the �rst formal HTML standard, is published
Internet Explorer 2.0 web browser
is introduced.
Windows 95 is introduced
HTML 4.0 is released
Apple introduces the iMac
Bluetooth, a short range
wireless networking standard, is announced
The Google search engine is o�cially launched
Internet Explorer is launched
Nokia 9000 Communicator is the �rst mobile with access to the web
Hotmail is launched
Macintosh OS X is released
Windows XP is released
Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB) is
released.
The third WiFi modulation standard,
802.11g, is rati�ed. Consumer products and WiFi "hotspots"
proliferate.
First iPad released
YouTube is launched
Facebook is available for
anyone to join
Apple launches the iPhone
Android operating system for smartphones is released
2000’s
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iPad
1971
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