1988 software

raster graphics editor with limited vector graphics and 3D graphics editing capabilities

thumb|upright|The first IRC server, tolsun.oulu.fi, a Sun-3 server on display near the [[University of Oulu computer centre]]

computational software program

16-bit Microsoft Windows GUI-based operating environment

Two-dimensional vector graphics editing application

IRIX (, , a portmanteau of IRIS and UNIX) is a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to run on the company's proprietary MIPS workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. In IRIX, SGI originated the XFS file system and the now industry-standard OpenGL graphics API.

office suite software by Kingsoft

productivity software suite

DR-DOS is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles, originally developed by Gary A. Kildall's Digital Research, Inc. and derived from Concurrent PC DOS 6.0, which was an advanced successor of CP/M-86. Upon its introduction in 1988, it was the first DOS that attempted to be compatible with IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS.

A/UX is a Unix-based operating system from Apple Computer for Macintosh computers, integrated with System 7's graphical interface and application compatibility. It is Apple's first official Unix-based operating system, launched in 1988 and discontinued in 1995 with version 3.1.1. A/UX requires select 68k-based Macintosh models with an FPU and a paged memory management unit (PMMU).

Single-level store operating system that runs on IBM Power Systems

data compression file format

operating system

proprietary music notation software developed and released by MakeMusic

computer algebra system

software

Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor

security software

electronic design automation software

word processing software

4DOS is a command-line interpreter by JP Software, designed to replace the default command interpreter COMMAND.COM in MS-DOS and Windows. It was written by Rex C. Conn and Tom Rawson and first released in 1989. Compared to the default, it has a large number of enhancements.

scripting language used by Sierra for developing its adventure games

Fractint (originally FRACT386) is a freeware computer program to render and display many kinds of fractals. The program originated on MS-DOS, then was ported to the Atari ST, Linux, and Macintosh. During the early 1990s, Fractint was the definitive fractal generating program for personal computers.

programming language and IDE for interactive fiction