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Technology Progression 1990-1999
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Solid-state Hard Drive
The first commercial SSD was introduced by SanDisk in 1991. Among other advantages Solid-state drives are not limited by any mechanical parts and are able to be configured to fit in many more devices that a traditional Optical Hard drive. -
Doom (Video Game)
The first person shooter video game Doom was released by id Software, leading to some of the first player modified levels and changes of a games appearance. -
Java
The programming language Java developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystem was released. It promised WORA or Write Once, Run Anywhere functionality. -
Wi-Fi
IEEE introduced 802.11 the wireless network standard in June of 1997 allowing computer users to be more mobile than ever. -
Blackberry smartphone
RIM released the BlackBerry smart phone, a product that would be many users first introduction to a mobile device with advanced capabilities.
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