| Year |
Event |
| 1992 |
Internet Society formed. |
| 1992 |
Grace Hopper passes away January 1, 1992. |
| 1992 |
John Scully first uses the term PDA at CES while describing the Apple Newton on January 7, 1992. |
| 1992 |
NSFNET upgraded to T-3 backbone. |
| 1992 |
Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1. It sells more than 1 million copies within the first two months of its release. |
| 1992 |
Intel releases the 486DX2 chip March 2 with a clock doubling ability that generates higher operating speeds. |
| 1992 |
Microsoft acquires Fox Software in June, maker of FoxPro. |
| 1992 |
Allen Newell passes away July
19, 1992. |
| 1992 |
VESA local bus is introduced. |
| 1992 |
Radio Shack releases the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX personal computers, which are the first personal based upon the MPC specification. |
| 1992 |
The Reusable Alkaline battery is used for commercial use. |
| 1992 |
GeCAD is founded. |
| 1992 |
Popular Gopher tool Veronica is first
released. |
| 1992 |
EPP version 1.7 is released. |
| 1992 |
IBM PCD introduces ThinkPad, the industry's first notebook with a 10.4 inch color TFT display and TrackPoint. |
| 1992 |
Thrustmaster is founded. |
| 1992 |
TWAIN a standard interface for scanning equipment is developed by the TWAIN consortium, as it was called, consisted of representatives from Aldus, Caere, Eastman, Kodak, Hewlett Packard and Logitech. |
| 1992 |
Microsoft and Hewlett Packard develops ECP. |
| 1992 |
MIME standard is defined. |
| 1992 |
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is developed by SQL Access Group. |
| 1992 |
Jean-Loup Gaily and Mark Alder release
gzip on October 31, 1992. |
| 1992 |
John Kemeny passes away
December 26, 1992. |
