History of Computers

By dbland

  • HTML

    HTML
    Tim Berners-Lee was a researcher at CERN, a lab in Geneva, developed the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), which was a huga impact on the web.

  • Pentium microprocessor

    Pentium microprocessor
    A 32-bit microprocessor was created. It contained 3.3 million transistors, nearly triple the number contained in its predecessor.

  • Gaming Machines

    Gaming Machines
    PCs started being used to play games like: Command & Conquer, Alone in the Dark 2, Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Descent and Little Big Adventure - those are some of the games that started to grow exponentially.

  • Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple

    Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple
    Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple because they were struggline at that time, which ended Apple's court case against Microsoft stating that Microsoft copied the "look and feel" of an Apple operating system.

  • Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi
    The first gen of Wi-Fi products have a max data rate of 11 Mbit/s and operate in the 2.4 GHz band.