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Microsoft Windows 3.0
Inventor: David Weise and Murray Sargent
- The first successful version of Windows to satisfy PC users
- Known for its graphical user interface (GUI)
- It allows multiple programs to run simultaneously on its
Intel 80386 microprocessor -
Linux Kernel
Inventor: Linus Torvalds
- The most widely used Unix-like operating system kernels
- Used in embedded systems, such as mobile devices, personal computers, and tablets
- Is used by Linux distributions alongside GNU tools and libraries -
Mosaic Web Browser
Inventor: Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina
- The first graphical web browser
- The first browser to display text and images together on the same page
- Unlike other browsers it is reliable and could be installed by amateurs -
IBM ThinkPad 701C
Inventor: John Karidis
- Is a subnotebook in the ThinkPad line by IBM
- The keyboard design is known as “the Butterfly” due to its sliding keyboard
- The keyboard is comprised of three roughly triangular interlocking pieces, which form a full-sized keyboard when the laptop is opened -
The iMac, a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computer
Inventor: Jony Ive
- Apple’s first new product under the leadership of Steve Jobs
- It sells for $1,300, the computer has a 4GB hard drive, 32MB of RAM, a CD-ROM drive, and a 15" monitor