Editing Timeline of computing 1990–1999 (section)

==1994==
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| 1994
| Several major PC games are released, such as ''[[Command & Conquer]]'', ''[[Alone in the Dark 2]]'', ''[[Theme Park (computer game)|Theme Park]]'', ''[[Magic Carpet (video game)|Magic Carpet]]'', ''[[Descent (video game)|Descent]]'' and ''[[Little Big Adventure]]''. Other, less significant releases for the PC included ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity]]'', ''[[Full Throttle (1995 video game)|Full Throttle]]'' and ''[[Terminal Velocity (computer game)|Terminal Velocity]]''.<br />This success of the PC as a games platform was partly due to and partly a cause of significantly increased PC ownership among the general public during the early–mid 1990s. This also reflected the rapidly increasing quality of games available for the PC.
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| 1994
| [[Peter Shor]] devises an algorithm which lets [[quantum computer]]s determine the factorization of large integers quickly. This is the first interesting problem for which quantum computers promise a significant speed-up, and it therefore generates a lot of interest in quantum computers.
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| 1994
| [[DNA computing]] ''proof of concept'' on toy [[travelling salesman problem]]; a method for input/output still to be determined.<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last1=Adleman |first1=L. M. |year=1994 |title=Molecular computation of solutions to combinatorial problems |journal=Science |volume=266 |issue=5187 |pages=1021–1024 |bibcode=1994Sci...266.1021A |citeseerx=10.1.1.54.2565 |doi=10.1126/science.7973651 |pmid=7973651}} — The first DNA computing paper. Describes a solution for the directed [[Hamiltonian path problem]]. Also available here: {{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/molecular-science/papers/fp-sci94.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206144827/http://www.usc.edu/dept/molecular-science/papers/fp-sci94.pdf |archive-date=2005-02-06 |access-date=2005-11-21}}</ref>
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| 1994
| Motorola released the [[Motorola 68060|68060]] processor.
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| 1994
| [[Adobe Photoshop]] 3.0 graphics editing software released.<ref name=null2007>{{citation |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/130207/article.html?page=0 |date=April 2007 |work= [[PC World]] |location=USA |title=50 Best Tech Products of All Time |author=Christopher Null |author-link=Christopher Null }}</ref>
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| June
| Microsoft releases MS-DOS 6.22, containing disk compression under the name [[DriveSpace]] after settling a dispute with [[Stac Electronics|Stac]] over their compression program, Stacker. Microsoft had removed DoubleSpace from MS-DOS 6.21 in February after a jury found them guilty of patent infringement, and a judge later ordered Microsoft to recall all unsold infringing products worldwide. MS-DOS 6.22 was the last standalone version of MS-DOS released.
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| March 7
| Intel released Pentium processor, 90 and 100&nbsp;MHz versions.
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| March 14
| [[Linus Torvalds]] released version 1.0 of the [[Linux]] kernel.
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| April 29
| [[Commodore International]] declares bankruptcy. Commodore's assets were eventually sold to German PC manufacturer [[Escom (computer company)|ESCOM]] in 1995.
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|August 
|[[IBM]] releases the [[IBM Simon]] a forerunner to the [[smartphone]]. 
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| September
| [[PC DOS 6.3]] is released, essentially the same as version 5.0; this release by IBM included more bundled software, such as Stacker and anti-virus software.
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| October 10
| [[Intel]] releases the [[Pentium]] processor, 75&nbsp;MHz version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickrefyr.htm#1994|title=Intel Microprocessor Quick Reference Guide - Year|website=www.intel.com|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>
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| December 1994
| [[Netscape Navigator]] 1.0 web browser released.<ref name=null2007 /> It was written as an alternative to NCSA Mosaic.
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| December 3
| Sony releases its first [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] console in Japan; to date, over 100 million units have been sold.
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