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Linux
Inventor: Linus Torvalds
Soon after the introduction of operating systems and the Internet, Linux was created by student Linus Torvalds to improve upon the original concept and make it more accessible. Linux is an open-source operating system that can be distributed and used in many different ways. -
PowerBook
Inventor: Apple (John Sculley, John Medica, Randy Battat, Neil Selvin)
The PowerBook was a laptop computer released by Apple in the early ‘90s and designed to weigh less than other laptops on the market. The PowerBook also introduced features such as a trackpad and an internal floppy disk, which would continue to be incorporated in later versions of laptop computers. -
MP3
Inventor: Karlheinz Brandenburg
The MP3 file format was created as a new way to listen to audio files on PC computers and portable music players; it is still widely used today. -
JPEG
Inventor: Joint Photographic Experts Group
The JPEG format was introduced in 1992 as a new standard for digital images and, like the MP3, is still one of the most commonly used formats today. -
iMac
Inventor: Apple (Steve Jobs)
The original iMac was an all-in-one desktop computer that was unlike anything that had been released at the time. The design was very unique, with the computer being egg-shaped and coming in 13 different colors, and it was hugely successful for Apple. Many updated versions of the iMac have since been released, and while iMacs are still sold by Apple today, they are very different from the original, known as the iMac G3.