Computer-related introductions in 1996

thumb|USB 80 Gbit/s port logo Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard, developed by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), for digital data transmission and power delivery between many types of electronics. It specifies the architecture, in particular the physical interfaces, and communication protocols to and from hosts, such as personal computers, to and from peripheral devices, e.g. displays, keyboards, and mass storage devices, and to and from intermediate hubs, which multiply the number of a host's ports.

fifth-generation home video game console by Nintendo

Portable Network Graphics (PNG, officially pronounced , colloquially pronounced ) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was developed as an improved, non-patented replacement for Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

deprecated browser extension software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio

mobile operating system

, known simply as VAIO or Sony VAIO, is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer headquartered in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture.

pattern of symbols incorporated into a number of banknote designs

microarchitecture

protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite used with IPv6

thumb|DEC StrongARM SA-110 microprocessor

line of personal digital assistants and mobile phones

1996 typeface by Matthew Carter

FreeType is a software development library used to render text onto bitmaps, and which provides support for other font-related operations. The FreeType font rasterization engine is free and open-source software with the source code dual-licensed under a BSD-like license and the GPL. FreeType supports a number of font formats, including TrueType, Type 1, and OpenType.

intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character

series of video cards

thin client which used a television for display

The StarTAC is a series of clamshell-style cellular mobile phones developed and marketed by Motorola beginning in 1996. The first notable flip phone, the original StarTAC model was uniquely at the time the size of a pager and weighed , making it the smallest and lightest cell phone up to that point. Officially, Motorola marketed the StarTACs as "wearable".

radiation-hardened computer

series of graphing calculators

Apple Network Servers provide a technical service for Apple and Apple device end users. The server profile is public domain corporate group policy

diskless desktop computer device made by Oracle Corporation from about 1996 to 2000

computer language for specifying stylesheets for SGML documents

line of laptop computers by Fujitsu

thumb|300px|Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 (c. 2006) thumb|Toughpad FZ-G1 with docking station The Panasonic Toughbook is a line of rugged computers produced and marketed by Panasonic. The first model, the CF-25, was introduced in 1996. The Toughbook brand mainly competes with other lines of rugged computers, such as Dell's Rugged Extreme.

Unix workstation from Silicon Graphics

motherboard form factor

subnotebook computers

personal computer by Apple

The All-in-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) was a combination graphics card/TV tuner card designed by ATI Technologies. It was introduced on November 11, 1996. ATI had previously used the Wonder trademark on other graphics cards (ATI Wonder series), however, they were not full TV/graphics combo cards (EGA Wonder, VGA Wonder, Graphics Wonder). ATI also made other TV oriented cards that use the word Wonder (TV Wonder, HDTV Wonder, DV Wonder), and remote control (Remote Wonder). The All-in-Wonder line debuted with the Rage chipset series. The cards were available in two forms, built by third-part

range of UNIX server computers produced by Sun Microsystems

thumb|Sun JavaStation-NC thumb|Sun JavaStation-NC (rear view) The JavaStation was a variant of Sun Microsystems' Network Computer (NC) developed between 1996 and 2000, and intended to run only Java applications.

laptop by Apple

thumb|IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 thumb|Microsoft IntelliMouse with IntelliEye optical sensor mouse IntelliMouse is a series of computer mice from Microsoft. The IntelliMouse series is credited with a number of innovations; Microsoft was among the first mouse vendors to introduce a scroll wheel, an optical mouse, and dedicated auxiliary buttons on the side of the mouse. They use IntelliPoint drivers and its main competitor through the years has been Logitech.

personal computer by Apple

personal computer by Apple

Personal digital assistant by Palm