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Photoshop is Released
Created by brothers John and Thomas Knoll, it was released as an image editing program, and soon became the most popular software program published by Adobe Systems. -
PGP is Introduced
"Petty Good Privacy" is developed to better secure emails, files, and texts. Phil Zimmerman created it as a tool in order to keep private things safe from the government, businesses, or institutions around the world. -
Microsoft Windows NT is released
Developed by a group of former Digital Equipment Corporation employees led by Dave Cutler, it was the first 32-bit version of Windows from Microsoft, which made the performance better, and was used by many engineers and scientific users. -
CompactFlash
Introduced by San Disk, it quickly became the preferred memory storage option for many people, as well as professional electronic device users. -
NVIDIA releases the GeForce 256
Based on a processor specially designed to manipulate graphics, development was initiated and the resulting product was known as a “Graphics Processing Unit,” or “GPU.” The GeForce 256 is often thought of as the first consumer GPU.
