A family of operating systems for personal computers originally released in 1985 with version 1.0 from Microsoft. Windows dominates the personal computer world, running, by some estimates, on 90 percent of all personal computers. The remaining 10 percent are mostly Macintosh computers. Like the Macintosh operating environment, Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI), virtual memory management, multitasking, and support for many peripheral devices.
This Day In Tech History
- 1969 - The first ARPANet link is established.
- 1993 - id Software released the legendary Doom video game.
More Tech History
CD-RW technology is developed.
Internet Explorer arrives.
Lycos is launched.
Microsoft releases Exchange.
Quake is released by id Software, continuing a highly successful run of first person shooters. It is the successor to the Doom series.
The Palm Pilot 1000 and Pilot 5000 are introduced.
eBay is founded.
The Opera web browser is released.
Hotmail is launched.
IBM introduces Deep Blue, the fastest computer of it's day. It beats Gary Kasparov in a game of chess.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Communications Decency Act, ruling it violates the First Amendment.
Video streaming giant Netflix is founded and it's website launched.