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Computer History in 1990-2000
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Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating system kernel. It has since spawned a huge number of operating system distributions, commonly known as Linux. Linus Torvalds, a Finnish college student at the time, created the Linux kernel, and is also the inventor of the software Git. -
Wolfenstein 3D released by id Software
Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter game, developed by id Software and released for DOS. A fast paced and violent game, Wolfenstein 3D is widely considered to be one of the greatest video games ever made, and regarded as having helped shaped the gaming industry in regards to first person shooters. -
NCSA Mosaic launched
Inspired by David Thompson, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina created NCSA Mosaic in 1993, one of the first web browsers. With integration of multimedia like text and graphics, Mosaic was significant to popularizing the World Wide Web and the general internet. The availability and intuitive interface of Mosaic piloted the burst of popularity of the Web, from only twenty-six websites in the world at the end of 1992, to millions by 1998. -
PlayStation released
Sony first released the PlayStation on the 3 December 1994 in Japan. The North American release date was 9 September 1995. The PlayStation's primary competitors were the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn, and was the first computer entertainment platform to ship over 100 million units. It was the pioneer of the gaming industry's transition from cartridges to compact discs. -
Hotmail commercially launched
Founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, Hotmail was one of the first webmail services on the Internet. In 1997, it was sold to Microsoft when it had over eight million subscribers. After localizing Hotmail for different markets globally, it became the world's largest webmail service with over 30 million active members in 1999. Hotmail has since been relaunched as Microsoft's Outlook service in 2012.