The programming language FORTRAN 90 is created. Symantec releases Norton antivirus software.
Microsoft released Word 2.0 for PC, and version 5 for Mac in 1991.Īdobe Photoshop 2.0 was released in June 1991.Īpple released the PowerBook in October 1991.Īpple QuickTime was introduced on December 2, 1991. Microsoft released Visual Basic in May 1991.Īpple introduced System 7 operating system on May 13, 1991.
Intel introduces the Intel 486SX chip in April in efforts to help bring a lower-cost processor to the PC market selling for $258.00.
New computer products and services introduced in 1991ĪMD introduced the AM386 microprocessor family in March 1991. The first version of the Windows Media Player was released in 1991.
The first external computer speaker was invented by Abinawan Puracchidas in 1991. The 20 MB PCMCIA SunDisk and the first SSD (solid-state drive) was first released for around $1,000 in 1991. On December 1, 1991, the first web server outside of Europe came online and the first website was introduced in 1991. The United States military introduces the DART (Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool). The Extended Video Graphics Array digital video standard was created by VESA in 1991. The WWW became available for everyone on August 23, 1991. The first Cybercafe opens in July 1991 in San Francisco. The London Science Museum completed the Difference Engine No 2 for the bicentennial year of Charles Babbage's birth in June 1991. IDEA was first expressed by Xuejia Lai and James Massey in 1991. The phrase " All your base are belong to us" later becomes a popular saying for computer gamers and geeks.Ĭell phone Lithium batteries begin being recalled in Japan after phone explodes and burns mans face during use. The Sega Genesis game "Zero Wing" was introduced. The computer Monkey virus was first discovered in Edmonton, Canada in 1991. The kit allows IBM compatible users to obtain all tools needed to meet the MPC standards.ĢG cellular phone technology was established under the GSM standard in 1991.
Pretty Good Privacy more commonly known as PGP a public key used for encryption is released as Freeware by Philip Zimmerman.įollowing its decision not to develop operating systems cooperatively with IBM, Microsoft changes the name of OS/2 to Windows NT.Ĭreative Labs releases a multimedia upgrade kit that includes a CD-ROM drive, the SoundBlaster Pro sound card, a MIDI kit, and a variety of software applications. The camera began operating in 1991 with the help of Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Paul Jardetzky. The first widely-publicized webcam was the XCoffee, also known as the Trojan Room coffee pot. NSF opens the Internet to commercial use. The first Unicode standard was published in October 1991. Linux and the Linux kernel was introduced by Linus Torvalds on August 25, 1991. Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the CERN European Partial Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Wide Web and the first web page was launched to the public on August 6, 1991. Computer-related movies released in 1991.Internet domains that came online in 1991.New computer products and services introduced in 1991.