Significant Inventions in Computer History from 1980-1990

By elighashcroft
  • Dynamic Routing

    Dynamic Routing

    Dynamic routing began to be used, which is the computers ability to route around damaged pathways to open ones. This increases speed and reliability for data packets to be delivered.
  • Apple released the Lisa Computer

    Apple released the Lisa Computer

    The Lisa Computer, designed by Steve Wozniak, was the first commercial computer with a GUI. This made operating systems within computers much more user friendly because users didn't need to know any programming to use a computer.
  • IBM created it's first laptop

    IBM created it's first laptop

    IBM created it's first laptop computer, invented by Andrew Kay, which was 18 pounds lighter than any other laptop that was out at the time.
  • Touchpad technology was invented

    Touchpad technology was invented

    The technology behind the touchpad was invented by Dr. George E. Gerpheide, PhD. This technology would move from touchpads on laptops to the tablets we have today.
  • HTML was invented

    HTML was invented

    Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created Hypertext Markup Language that creates pages that are available on the world wide web.