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<tr><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1992 | Jürgen Schmidhuber proposes a solution to the vanishing gradient problem | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_gradient_problem), the solution lies in pre-training each layer of a neural network separately with fine-tuning with backpropagation. Probably one of milestones for what will be called "deep learning" |</td><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1992 | Jürgen Schmidhuber proposes a solution to the vanishing gradient problem | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_gradient_problem), the solution lies in pre-training each layer of a neural network separately with fine-tuning with backpropagation. Probably one of milestones for what will be called "deep learning" |</td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1993 | **MP3** algorithm discovered at Fraunhofer institute | Very similarly to JPEG for images, this lossy compression algorithm for sound became de-facto standard for lower-to-medium music storage |</td><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1993 | **MP3** algorithm discovered at Fraunhofer institute | Very similarly to JPEG for images, this lossy compression algorithm for sound became de-facto standard for lower-to-medium music storage |</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class="diff-lineheader">+</td><td class="diff-addedline">| 1993 | **FreeBSD** born | FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of platforms which focuses on features, speed, and stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California, Berkeley |</td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1994 | Started work on specification of Digital Versatile Disc (**DVD**) | Started by Sony and Phillips after resolving disputes between competing formats for storage, MMCD and SD. DVDs will replace CDs soon with their much greater capacity (approx. 4G against 720M) |</td><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1994 | Started work on specification of Digital Versatile Disc (**DVD**) | Started by Sony and Phillips after resolving disputes between competing formats for storage, MMCD and SD. DVDs will replace CDs soon with their much greater capacity (approx. 4G against 720M) |</td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1995 | **Java** language invented at Sun Microsystems by James Gosling | Java became standard for large-scale enterprise software, replacing COBOL, and for cell phone apps (first its reduced version, Java SE, modern Android phones use full-fledged Java); it started the app boom which lasts in 2017 |</td><td class="diff-lineheader"> </td><td class="diff-context">| 1995 | **Java** language invented at Sun Microsystems by James Gosling | Java became standard for large-scale enterprise software, replacing COBOL, and for cell phone apps (first its reduced version, Java SE, modern Android phones use full-fledged Java); it started the app boom which lasts in 2017 |</td></tr>
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