Tech in the 1990's
This online bookstore founded in 1994 grew into one of the world’s largest tech companies.
What is Amazon?
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched this company in a garage in 1976.
What is Apple?
HTML stands for this phrase and forms the basic structure of webpages.
What is HyperText Markup Language?
This 2007 device introduced multi-touch screens and reshaped smartphones.
What is the iPhone?
This British scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
CPU stands for this.
What is Central Processing Unit?
This three-character term described the feared year-2000 computer glitch expected to crash systems worldwide.
What is Y2K?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded this company in 1975 after developing BASIC for the Altair 8800.
What is Microsoft?
Named after a British comedy troupe, this language was created by Guido van Rossum in 1991.
What is Python?
Nintendo’s 2006 console used motion-sensing controllers to get players physically involved.
What is the Nintendo Wii?
Before Internet Explorer dominated, this browser led the mid-1990s.
What is Netscape Navigator?
USB stands for this.
What is Universal Serial Bus?
Shawn Fanning’s 1999 peer-to-peer service revolutionized digital music sharing.
What is Napster?
This site began as “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web” before being renamed.
What is Yahoo!?
Released in 1995 and named after coffee, this language promised “write once, run anywhere.”
What is Java?
This egg-shaped virtual pet from 1996 demanded feeding and care via a tiny screen.
What is a Tamagotchi?
Launched in 2004, this platform was originally called “The Facebook.”
What is Facebook?
IoT stands for this network of smart devices.
What is Internet of Things?
Before it was called Google, the founders named their early search engine this.
What is BackRub?
This entrepreneur founded X.com (later PayPal) and went on to lead Tesla and SpaceX.
Who is Elon Musk?
Originally called “C with Classes,” this language gained its final name in 1983.
What is C++?
Apple’s 2001 digital music player offered “1,000 songs in your pocket.”
What is the iPod?
The first YouTube video, “Me at the zoo,” was uploaded by this co-founder in 2005.
Who is Jawed Karim?
IEEE is short for this engineering organization.
What is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers?
Announced in 1991 by a Finnish student, this open-source operating system’s mascot is a penguin.
What is Linux?
This blood-testing startup collapsed after its technology proved fraudulent.
What is Theranos?
Developed in 1959, this business-focused language pioneered English-like programming syntax.
What is COBOL?
This 2023 mixed-reality headset was marketed as Apple’s first “spatial computer.”
What is the Vision Pro?
Created in 2001, this peer-to-peer protocol made large digital file sharing efficient.
What is BitTorrent?
ASCII is an early character-encoding standard. What does it stand for?
What is American Standard Code for Information Interchange?