1990's technology
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1990
Tim Berners-Lee writes the first web client (browser-editor) and server.
The space shuttle “Discovery” deploys the Hubble Space Telescope 350 miles above the earth.
Computer manufacturers make a small, "laptop" computers available for consumer use.
The "Open Systems" movement, using operating systems and software based on UNIX-style operating systems, purports to free users from the constraints of proprietary hardware and software.
1991
The Hubble Space Telescope sends back pictures of Saturn and Pluto.
The ATTW journal becomes Technical Communication Quarterly.
1992
Kodak launches the Photo CD.
Palmtop computing becomes available, using devices like Apple's Newton.
Digital printing allows printing two sides of a paper without using printing plates.
STC sponsors a research project to determine the "value added" that technical communicators bring to the organizations that employ them. At about the same time, the Manitoba, Alberta, and Canada West Coast Chapters conduct a Technical Communication in Western Canada Project sponsored by the Canadian government.
1993
Internet access and usage grow exponentially, as tools become more available and easier to use. People begin referring to the Internet as "the information superhighway.."
Donna Sakson organizes the STC's first International Online Communication Competition in Seattle, 10 years after the first local online competition.
For the first time STC boardmembers are 100-percent Internet-connected and therefore able to communicate easily between meetings.
1994
Microsoft releases its Windows 95 operating system, with an interface that more closely resembles that of the Macintosh.CERN holds the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web in Geneva, Switzerland.
With the second quarter issue, Roger Grice becomes editor of Technical Communicaton.
1995
A handful of CD-ROM disks has the capacity to store all the knowledge and memories of an average person's lifetime.
With the second quarter issue, George Hayhoe becomes editor of Technical Communication.
1996
STC holds the Annual Conference in Toronto, the first time outside the U.S. In another first, the Proceedings of this Conference are available on CD-ROM.
STC members form the Special Needs Committee to address the needs of differently-abled technical communicators and users.
1997
In a six-game match, the IBM supercomputer "Deep Blue" beats World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov. This is the first time a computer has beaten a top-ranked chess player in tournament play. "Deep Blue" is more formally known as a 32-node IBM RS/6000 SP.
1998
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is created to manage the creation and assignment of Internet domain names and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
Writers begin using XML, an "eXtensible Markup Language" that is evolving from HTML. Several STC Annual Conference sessions focus on learning this new language.
1999
Businesses fear that the turn of the new millennium will cause older computer programs to fail because they use a two-digit date format. This becomes known as "The Y2K bug." COBOL programmers are suddenly in demand to patch aging business software.
