the Ribbon (2007)
Standalone servers (2002)
CMMI (2000)
Gnutella (2000)
Napster (1999) was the first peer-to-peer file sharing network
Winamp (1997)
Prime95 (1996)
applets (1993)
the Adobe Acrobat Reader (1993)
the Mosaic web browser (April 22, 1993)
SAP R/3 (July 6, 1992) is one of the most popular ERP (Enterprise resource planning systems)
software products. These are management information systems that integrate and automate many
of the business practices associated with the operations or production aspects of a company
MS-Works for Windows (1990)
ole (1990)
toolbook (1990)
Augmented Reality (1990s)
Microsoft Office (1989)
e-mail clients (1988)
music sequencer software (late 80s)
executive information system (late 1980s)
PowerPoint (1987)
HyperCard (1987)
vector graphics editors (1987)
bitmap graphics editors (1980s)
Aldus PageMaker (1985) was the first desktop publishing program
RagTime (1984)
Genealogy Software (1980s)
VisiOn (December 1983) was the first integrated graphical software environment for IBM PCs
Microsoft Word (November 1983) took many concepts and ideas from Bravo, the original
GUI word processor developed at Xerox PARC by Charles Simonyi. Later versions were
created for the Apple Macintosh (1984), SCO UNIX, and Microsoft Windows (1989)
CASE-Tools (1982)
Outliner (1981)
Middleware (1980s)
Document management system (1980s)
dBASE (1980)
VisiCalc (1979) was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. It was the
application that turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a business tool.
After the Apple II version, VisiCalc was also released for the Atari 8-bit family, the Commodore
PET (both based on the MOS Technology 6502 processor, like the Apple), and the IBM PC
WordStar (1979)
WYSIWYG (late 1970s)
IBM System R (mid 1970s)
Bravo (1974) was the first WYSIWYG document preparation program. It provided
multi-font capability using the bitmap displays on the Xerox Alto personal computer
Toolbars (1973)
Word Processing (1972)
Easter eggs (1970s)
troff (1970s)
Programmable logic controller (1968)
virtual machines (1967)
Spell Checker (1966)
SAS System (1966)
MT/ST (1964)
RUNOFF (1964)
the SABRE system (1963)
Sketchpad (1963) was the first program ever to utilize a complete graphical user interface
and is considered to be the ancestor of modern computer-aided drafting (CAD) programs