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The Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K), the computer glitch disaster expected to happen on January 1, 2000. The development of web browsers such as Netscape Navigator (originally known as Mosaic) in 1993 and Internet Explorer in 1995 makes surfing the World Wide Web easier and more user friendly.
Adobe Flash technology reached the point of being able to make video players. As a result, YouTube, a website which allows uploading and viewing videos, was created. YouTube's popularity grew explosively and it was acquired by Google. Data storage prices continued to drop, going from approximately US$7 per GB in early 2000 to US$0.07 per GB in ...
Severe Tire Damage made the first live music performance on the Internet, using MBone technology. July 27, 1993 Microsoft released the Windows NT 3.1 operating system that supported 32-bit programs. December 10, 1993 Doom was released by id Software.
A timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) encompasses the ingenuity and innovative advancements of the United States within a historical context, dating from the Contemporary era to the present day, which have been achieved by inventors who are either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States.
Date Event January 4 Linux kernel version 2.4.0 released. February 1 Foundation of the newco Loquendo as a spin-off of the CSELT's voice technology group.: February The Agile Manifesto, which crystallised and named a growing trend towards more "agile" processes in software development, was released.
A 140 cm (56 in) DLP rear-projection TV Large-screen television technology (colloquially big-screen TV) developed rapidly in the late 1990s and 2000s.Prior to the development of thin-screen technologies, rear-projection television was standard for larger displays, and jumbotron, a non-projection video display technology, was used at stadiums and concerts.
Stephen White, A Brief History of Computing; The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project, an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems. The Computer Revolution/Timeline at Wikibooks "File:Timeline.pdf - Engineering and Technology History Wiki" (PDF). ethw.org. 2012.
The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "nineties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the " post-Cold War decade ", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [ 1 ]