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1990's Significant Inventions

  • World Wide Web

    The World wide web was created by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau in 1990. It was originally a document management system, but was turned into the first real browser to let user click and access websites.
  • Mosaic Web Browser

    The Mosaic Web browser, later known as Netscape, was invented by Marc Andreessen and Erin Bina in 1993. It was a step up to the world wide web, but was the first browser to display images.
  • Palm Pilot

    The Palm Pilot, or PDA, was created by Jeff Hawkins in 1996. It was one of the first hand held devices that could interact with a computer. the PDA could keep track of notes and other small tasks, basically a simple general purpose computer that could synchronize with a desktop.
  • Wifi

    Wifi was created by Vic Hayes and company. It assists by being a wireless network for connecting devices and internet access.
  • The FlashDrive

    The Flashdrive was created by Dov Moran in 1998. It assist with being a form of easily removeable, highly portable, data storge device.