Computer-related introductions in 1988

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computer authentication protocol

productivity software suite

Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its main purposes are the rasterization of documents in these languages, the display or printing of document pages, and conversion between PostScript and PDF files.

instruction set

A fieldbus is a member of a family of industrial digital communication networks used for real-time distributed control. Fieldbus profiles are standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as IEC 61784/61158.

ISO 8859 standard character encoding for Cyrillic

arcade system board developed by Capcom

part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series of ASCII-based standard character encodings

part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series

international standard

personal computer by Apple

IBM midrange computer (1988–2013)

sixth and final model in the Apple II series of personal computers

educational home video game console

supercomputer

20Q is a computerized game of twenty questions that began as a test in artificial intelligence (AI). It was invented by Robin Burgener in 1988. The game was made handheld by Radica in 2003, but was discontinued in 2011 because Techno Source took the license for 20Q handheld devices.

The HP-42S RPN Scientific is a programmable RPN Scientific hand held calculator introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 1988. It is a popular calculator designed for science and engineering students.

thumb|Sun386i The Sun386i (codenamed Roadrunner) is a discontinued hybrid UNIX workstation/PC compatible computer system produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1988. It is based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor but shares many features with the contemporary Sun-3 series systems.