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1) E-commerce companies were proliferating like bacteria by 1997 with little money, practically anybody could set up a website and try to sell things e.g. ,amazon .com .
2)Digital video discs (DVD) was available in the U.S. from 1997.
3)Sun released the Java Programming in 1995, which made plat form independent programming possible.
4) The first full �length feature film to be completely computer generated was �Toy Story� released in 1995.
5)1995 � Microsoft released Windows 95, Microsoft Office 95 and the online Microsoft Network. More than 1 million copies of Windows 95 were sold in the first four days of its release.
6)Yahoo was launched in 1994 opening up a new world of free e-mails.
7)In 1994, the World Wide Web was born when Tim Berners � Lee, a researcher based at Geneva developed the Hyper Test Markup Language (HTML).
8) Did you know that Tim Berners � Lee initially decided to call the World Wide Web - �The Information Mesh�, Sounded too messy . Then shifted on to� The Information Mine� before settling on to WWW .
9)In 1992 , a lot of new words entered the vocabulary of the techno � hip , Web , browser , http , home page .
10)In 1992 , Linus Torvalds created a new PC operating system called Linux and gave it away freely in the spirit of the early days of computing .
11)Our sleek laptops were introduced by IBM in 1991 in the name of Think Pad 700C .
12)Windows 3.1 , which appeared in 1991 was the first relatively stable Windows operating system .
13) In 1985 ,the C + + emerged as the dominant object � oriented programming language .
14)In 1985 , the first general � interest CD- ROM product released was the Grolier Encyclopedia . Soon CD- ROM drives were introduced for computer use.
16) 1991 saw the first use of the word �cyber� and �cyberspace� in reference to the internet , rather than something in science fiction.
17) In 1989, Virtual Reality was created a computer generated 3-D environment that allowed a user to interact with the realities developed.
