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Microsoft Bob

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Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product that was released on March 11, 1995 and discontinued in early 1996. [1]

42 relations: April Fools' Day, BBC, BBC Online, Bill Gates, CBS Interactive, Clifford Nass, CNET, Comic Sans, CRN (magazine), Domain name, Gateway, Inc., Graphical user interface, Harry McCracken, Icon (computing), International Data Group, Jane (software), MCI Mail, Melinda Gates, Microsoft, Microsoft Agent, Microsoft TechNet, Office Assistant, Orphaned technology, PC World, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Postmodernism, Program Manager, Proprietary software, Software, Speech balloon, Stanford University, Steve Ballmer, The Register, Time (magazine), Typeface, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP, Word processor.

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is an annual celebration in some European and Western countries commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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CBS Interactive

CBS Interactive Inc. (formerly CBS Digital Media Group) is an American media company and is a division of the CBS Corporation.

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Clifford Nass

Clifford Ivar Nass (April 3, 1958 – November 2, 2013) was a professor of communication at Stanford University, co-creator of The Media Equation theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Comic Sans

Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation.

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CRN (magazine)

CRN was first launched as Computer Retail Week on June 7, 1982, as a magazine targeted to computer resellers.

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Domain name

A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

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Gateway, Inc.

Gateway Inc. was an American computer hardware company based in South Dakota and later California, that developed, manufactured, supported, and marketed a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken is technology editor for Fast Company and the founder of Technologizer, a website about personal technology.

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Icon (computing)

In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device.

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International Data Group

International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is a Chinese-owned, American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization.

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Jane (software)

Jane 128 was a GUI-based integrated software package for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 personal computers.

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MCI Mail

MCI Mail was a commercial email service that was operated by MCI Communications Corp. from 1983 to 2003.

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Melinda Gates

Melinda Ann Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Agent

Microsoft Agent was a technology developed by Microsoft which employed animated characters, text-to-speech engines, and speech recognition software to enhance interaction with computer users.

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Microsoft TechNet

Microsoft TechNet is a Microsoft web portal and web service for IT professionals.

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Office Assistant

The Office Assistant was an intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character, which interfaced with the Office help content.

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Orphaned technology

Orphaned technology is a descriptive term for computer products, programs, and platforms that have been abandoned by their original developers.

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PC World

PC World, stylized PCWorld, is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG", is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late-20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism.

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Program Manager

Program Manager is the shell of Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x operating systems.

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Proprietary software

Proprietary software is non-free computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Speech balloon

Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Steve Ballmer

Steven Anthony Ballmer (born March 24, 1956) is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from January 2000 to February 2014, and is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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The Register

The Register (nicknamed El Reg) is a British technology news and opinion website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Typeface

In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.

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Windows 3.1x

Windows 3.1x (codenamed Janus) is a series of 16-bit operating environments produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers.

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Windows 95

Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft.

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Windows 98

Windows 98 (codenamed Memphis while in development) is a graphical operating system by Microsoft.

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Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993.

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Windows XP

Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.

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Word processor

A word processor is a computer program or device that provides for input, editing, formatting and output of text, often plus other features.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

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