The twentieth century witnessed rapid modernization and significant technological advancement, but the pace of mechanical, scientific, and engineering progress went into overdrive with a new millennium on the horizon. Much of the technology we take for granted today was still in its infancy in the 1990s. Apple released the iMac desktop computer in 1998, and the first camera phone only hit the market in 2000. A prototype for the World Wide Web launched in 1990, and Adobe Photoshop and Windows 3.0 appeared the same year.

And connecting everything? The Internet. Within five years of the National Science Foundation allowing full public access in 1991, 36 million people were using the Internet to go online. By 2000, that number increased by 1,000 percent. Current totals dwarf both: 4.388 billion people connected to the Internet last year, with more than a million new users every day. This section of REWIND 2000 showcases just a few “new” technologies, including the home computer, online education, and, of course, video games.