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personal computer
While there were several variations on the idea of the personal computer pre-1980s, including the Apple II, it was IBM that coined the term when it released the IBM 5150 on 12 August 1981. -
CD (compact disc)
Commercial CD's were launched in 1982 and initially met with industry-wide skepticism - only 1,000 titles were available by the end of 1983. When the cost of CD players dropped appreciably they hit the big time. -
Philips and Sony introduce CD-ROM technology.
Digital audio is stored on a CD in almost the same way as computer data. Which is why the CD-ROM (Read Only Memory) was developed and launched around 1985. http://www.philips.com/a-w/research/technologies/cd/cd-family.html -
The combination of Aldus PageMaker for the Macintosh and the Apple Laser Writer laser printer usher in the era of desktop publishing.
n conjunction with Apple’s famous PC, the LaserWriter pushed the personal computer into the worlds of graphic design and publishing. -
NSFNET was made
Short for National Science Foundation Network. NSFNET is a wide-area network started by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that went online in 1986
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Microsoft Windows 1.0 is created
On November 10th, 1983, Microsoft announced Windows. For $99, it came with a notepad, calendar, clock, cardfile, terminal application, file manager, a game of Reversi, Windows Write, and Windows Paint. The original press materials, prepared using Windows Write, -
More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.
the price of computers had gone down making it more affordably for people. -
DAT is introduced
DAT (Digital Audio Tape) is a standard medium and technology for the digital recording of audio on tape at a professional level of quality. -
The GIF graphics image format is introduced by CompuServe.
Graphics Interchange Format (tm) A standard defining a mechanism for the storage and transmission of raster-based graphics information June 15, 1987 -
PICT format image format is introduced by Apple.
PICT is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its standard metafile format. It allows the interchange of graphics (both bitmapped and vector), -
Gopher, a distributed document search and retrieval network protocol, is released.
The Gopher protocol /ˈɡoʊfər/ is a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet.https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-gopher-protocol -
Windows NT is released, providing advanced network connectivity.
Windows NT is a Microsoft Windows personal computer operating system designed for users and businesses needing advanced capability. NT's technology is the base for the Microsoft successor operating system, Windows 2000.
