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Birth of Linux
Inventor: Linus Torvalds
Description: Linus Torvalds created Linux, an open-source operating system that was available to anyone. Linux had a GNU License meaning anyone could use, modify, and redistribute his source code. Today, Linux is used in a variety of different applications, primarily in server environments. -
World Wide Web
Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee
Description: The world wide web, created by Tim Berners-Lee created a standard way for servers to talk to clients. This protocol was called HTTP and allowed documents to be shared over the internet. Today, we have HTTPS which is a more secure version of HTTP. -
Mosaic Web Browser
Inventor: Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina
Description: Mosaic was one of the earliest web browser with a graphical user interface. This graphical user interface allowed those who weren't that technical to be able to experience the web. Mosaic led to our modern web browsers and the ease of access of the internet we have now. -
JavaScript
Inventor: Brendan Eich
Description: JavaScript is the programming language that most web pages are built on. JavaScript allowed websites to have extra functionality. Today, JavaScript is still the main scripting language of websites. -
USB
Inventor: Ajay Bhatt
Description: USB, also know as Universal Serial Bus , created a standard connection for computers and peripheral devices. In modern days, we have been shifting everything to USB-C. Doing this prevents the need to have many propriety connections for different devices.