| 1992 |
Microsoft releases Windows 3.1, the latest version
of its Windows operating system. Windows 3.1 offers improvements
such as True Type fonts, multimedia capability, and object linking
and embedding (OLE). In two months, 3,000,000 copies of Windows
3.1 are sold. |
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| 1993 |
Marc Andreessen creates a graphical Web browser called Mosaic.
This success leads to the organization of Netscape Communications
Corporation. |
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| 1994 |
Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen found Netscape and launch Netscape
Navigator 1.0, a browser for the World Wide Web. |
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| 1995 |
Microsoft releases Windows 95 which consists of more than
10,000,000 lines of computer instructions developed by 300 person-years
of effort. |
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| 1996 |
An innovative technology called webtv combines television
and the Internet by providing viewers with tools to navigate
the Web. |
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| 1997 |
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4.0 and seizes a key
place in the Internet arena. This new Web browser is greeted
with tremendous customer demand. |
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| 1998 |
Apple Computer introduces the iMac, the latest version of
its popular Macintosh computer. The iMac abandons such conventional
features as a floppy disk drive but wins customers with its
futuristic design, see-through case, and easy setup. |
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| 1999 |
Microsoft introduces Office 2000, offering new tool for users
to create content and save it directly to a Web site. |
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| 2000 |
Intel unveils its Pentium 4 chip with clock speeds starting
at 1.4 GHz. The Pentium 4 includes 42 million transistors, nearly
twice as many contained on its predecessor, the Pentium III. |
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| 2001 |
Microsoft ships Windows XP — the fastest Windows ever. Windows
XP includes networking and other features that make it ideal
for business and advanced home computing. |
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notes
1 TrueYype n. 微软和苹果公司研制的字形标准
2 font n. 字体（用于印刷书籍、报纸等的字体大小合式样）
3 OLE n. 对象连接和嵌入
4. navigate v. 指引方向；导航（尤指使用地图）；浏览网络
5. futuristic design 未来主义设计
6. unveil v. 头颅；揭露 |
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