NeXT Computer line

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The NeXT Computer line was a series of high-end workstations and servers developed by Steve Jobs’ company NeXT, notable for their advanced NeXTSTEP operating system and influence on later Apple technologies.

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Label Occurrences
NeXT Computer 8
NeXT computers 5
NeXT 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer workstation line
server computer line
acquisitionYear 1996
color black
companyAcquiredBy Apple Inc.
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer NeXT Inc.
discontinued mid-1990s
formFactor server
workstation
founderOfDeveloper Steve Jobs
graphicsCapability Display PostScript
inception 1988
influenced NeXTSTEP Application Kit
surface form: Apple AppKit

Apple Foundation framework
Apple operating systems
surface form: Apple Mac OS X

iOS
surface form: Apple iOS

NeXTSTEP Application Kit
surface form: Cocoa frameworks
influencedBy UNIX workstations
marketingName NeXTcube
surface form: The Cube (for NeXTcube)
networking Ethernet
notableApplicationDevelopedOn WorldWideWeb (web browser)
surface form: WorldWideWeb (first web browser and editor)
notableModel NeXT Computer line self-linksurface differs
surface form: NeXT Computer

NeXTcube
NeXTdimension
NeXTstation
notableSoftware Digital Librarian
NeXT Mail
NeXTSTEP Workspace Manager for attachment handling
surface form: NeXTSTEP Workspace Manager
notableUseCase development of the World Wide Web at CERN
operatingSystem Mach microkernel
NeXTSTEP
OPENSTEP
primaryDevelopmentEnvironment NeXTSTEP Interface Builder
surface form: Interface Builder

Project Builder
primaryLanguageSupport Objective-C
processorArchitecture x86
surface form: Intel x86

Motorola 68030 microprocessor
surface form: Motorola 68030

Motorola 68040 microprocessor
surface form: Motorola 68040
soundCapability CD-quality 16-bit audio
storageMedium hard disk drive
magneto-optical drive
successor Apple Power Macintosh line (via NeXT acquisition)
targetMarket higher education
scientific computing
software developers
usedBy Tim Berners-Lee
userInterface graphical user interface

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NEXT hardwareProductLine NeXT Computer line
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
NEXT logoText NeXT Computer line
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTSTEP platform NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTstation predecessor NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTcube predecessor NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTcube category NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
Motorola 68040 microprocessor usedIn NeXT Computer line
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
NeXTSTEP Interface Builder developer NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTSTEP Interface Builder platform NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT workstation
NeXT and Sun Microsystems notableProduct NeXT Computer line
subject surface form: NeXT
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTSTEP Workspace Manager for attachment handling developedBy NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer, Inc.
NeXTSTEP Workspace Manager for attachment handling platform NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
Workspace Manager developer NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
Workspace Manager platform NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
NeXT Computer line notableModel NeXT Computer line self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXTbus designedFor NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
NeXTbus usedIn NeXT Computer line
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer