Apple and Microsoft History

Internet Explorer

A web browser created by Microsoft in 1995. It is used to view information on the World Wide Web.

Bill Gates

American computer software designer who Co-founded Microsoft and built it into one of the Largest computer software manufacturers

IBM PC

An early, commercially successful personal computer system that featured a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor, 64 KB RAM, and a floppy disk drive. Ancestor to today's PCs.

Windows

An operating system by Microsoft that incorporates a user-friendly, graphical interface.

Macintosh

The brand name of a family of personal computers (hardware) and an operating system (software) from Apple, introduced in 1984.

Apple inc.

This company was known for its Macintosh computers during the 1980s. Which company is now better known for programs like iTunes, and products like the iPhone?

Netscape Navigator

the first internet browser made widely available to the public

Microsoft Corporation

a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices; sued by the US government for having a monopoly in the computer industry.

Steve Jobs

computer industry giant who started Apple Computers, Macintosh, I-Phone, etc.

Macintosh operating system

Operating system for Apple's Macintosh computer.