Major Inventions In The 1990s

  • Worldwide Web

    On August 6th, 1991, the worldwide web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee was made public.
  • Linux

    On September 17th, 1991, Linux, an open-source software invented by Linus Torvalds, was released to the public.
  • Amazon Is Born

    On July 5th, 1994, Amazon, a well known e-commerce company was founded by Jeff Bezos.
  • Java

    On January 23rd, 1996, the programming language Java was invented by James Gosling.
  • USB Flash Drive

    Although these were not released to the public until 2000, the first patent for a USB drive was filed in April of 1999.