Technology Advancements

personal computer

Aug 12, 1981

While there were several variations on the idea of the personal computer pre-1980s, including the Apple II, it was IBM that coined the term when it released the IBM 5150 on 12 August 1981.

CD (compact disc)

Apr 21, 1983

Commercial CD's were launched in 1982 and initially met with industry-wide skepticism - only 1,000 titles were available by the end of 1983. When the cost of CD players dropped appreciably they hit the big time.

Philips and Sony introduce CD-ROM technology.

Apr 21, 1984

Digital audio is stored on a CD in almost the same way as computer data. Which is why the CD-ROM (Read Only Memory) was developed and launched around 1985. http://www.philips.com/a-w/research/technologies/cd/cd-family.html

The combination of Aldus PageMaker for the Macintosh and the Apple Laser Writer laser printer usher in the era of desktop publishing.

May 17, 1985

n conjunction with Apple’s famous PC, the LaserWriter pushed the personal computer into the worlds of graphic design and publishing.

NSFNET was made

Jun 23, 1985

Short for National Science Foundation Network. NSFNET is a wide-area network started by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that went online in 1986
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/n/nsfnet.htm

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is created

Nov 20, 1985

On November 10th, 1983, Microsoft announced Windows. For $99, it came with a notepad, calendar, clock, cardfile, terminal application, file manager, a game of Reversi, Windows Write, and Windows Paint. The original press materials, prepared using Windows Write,

More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.

Jun 16, 1986

the price of computers had gone down making it more affordably for people.

DAT is introduced

Mar 25, 1987

DAT (Digital Audio Tape) is a standard medium and technology for the digital recording of audio on tape at a professional level of quality.

The GIF graphics image format is introduced by CompuServe.

Jun 15, 1987

Graphics Interchange Format (tm) A standard defining a mechanism for the storage and transmission of raster-based graphics information June 15, 1987

PICT format image format is introduced by Apple.

Jan 23, 1988

PICT is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its standard metafile format. It allows the interchange of graphics (both bitmapped and vector),

Gopher, a distributed document search and retrieval network protocol, is released.

Mar 19, 1992

The Gopher protocol /ˈɡoʊfər/ is a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet.https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-gopher-protocol

Windows NT is released, providing advanced network connectivity.

Nov 10, 1993

Windows NT is a Microsoft Windows personal computer operating system designed for users and businesses needing advanced capability. NT's technology is the base for the Microsoft successor operating system, Windows 2000.