Computer History - 1991

Year	Event
1991	John Bardeen passes away January 30, 1991.
1991	id Software is founded February 1, 1991.
1991	Silicon & Synapse, which later becomes Blizzard is founded Feburary 8, 1991.
1991	BSDi is founded.
1991	Python is introduced.
1991	Lexmark is formed.
1991	Bungie is founded.
1991	HTTP/0.9 is introduced.
1991	NSF opens the Internet to commercial use.
1991	AMD introduces the AM386 microprocessor family in March.
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.
1991	Cell phone Lithium batteries begin being recalled in Japan after phone explodes and burns mans face while talking on the phone.
1991	The Sega Genesis game "Zero Wing" is introduced. The phrase "All your base are belong to us" later becomes a popular saying for computer gamers and geeks.
1991	Symantec releases Norton antivirus software.
1991	The programming language FORTRAN 90 is created.
1991	Following its decision not to develop operating systems cooperatively with IBM, Microsoft changes the name of OS/2 to Windows NT.
1991	Creative 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 kit allows IBM compatible users to obtain all tools needed to meet the MPC standards.
1991	Pretty Good Privacy more commonly known as PGP a public key used for encryption is released as Freeware by Philip Zimmerman.
1991	The computer Monkey Virus is first discovered in Edmonton, Canada.
1991	The domain microsoft.com comes online May 2, 1991.
1991	AVG is founded.
1991	Epic Games is established.
1991	Jetta is founded.
1991	Cmedia is founded.
1991	IONA is founded.
1991	The Caldera company who specializes in printing and RIP solutions is founded.
1991	Dolby introduces AC-3.
1991	Apple introduces System 7 operating system May 13, 1991.
1991	Derrick Lehmer passes away May 22, 1991.
1991	The DLT tape drive is released as a very reliable, high-speed and high-capacity tape drive solution.
1991	The Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) is developed by Intel, Xircom and Zenith Data Systems.
1991	TrueType a scalable font is introduced and developed by Microsoft and Apple and is used on all Apple computers and PC computers running Windows.
1991	MS-DOS 5.0 was released June, 1991.
1991	The London Science Museum completed the Difference Engine No 2 for the bicentennial year of Charles Babbage's birth in June of 1991.
1991	The movie Terminator 2 is released July 1, 1991.
1991	The first Cybercafe opens in July 1991 in San Francisco .
1991	The World Wide Web is launched to the public August 6, 1991. Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the European Partial Physics Laboratory (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland develops the Web as a research tool.
1991	Linux is introduced by Linus Torvalds in August 25, 1991.
1991	Apple QuickTime is introduced December 2, 1991.