1970s
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Atmospheric research and radar
Advanced radar facilities help keep the U.S. safe during the Cold War.
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Natural Language Processing
PARC, which is now part of SRI, invented computational linguistic technologies based on understanding the structure of language.
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911 emergency call system
We led the design and engineering of emergency call systems throughout the country.
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Deafnet
National telecommunications system raises awareness within the deaf community of email’s potential.
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VALS™ market research
SRI designed the Values and Lifestyles™ (VALS) program, a novel market research tool for determining the motivations behind consumer purchasing decisions.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
We helped establish Monterey Bay Aquarium, opening the doors for more than 2 million visitors each year.
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Internetworking
Today’s internet was born in a 1970’s van.
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
PARC, which is now part of SRI, debuted the first GUI, which used icons, pop-up menus, and overlapping windows that could be controlled easily using a point-and-click technique.
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WYSIWYG
PARC, now part of SRI, coined the phrase to describe cut-and-paste bit-mapped editing: What You See Is What You Get (also known as “wizsy-wig”).
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Banking guidelines for SWIFT
The cornerstone of international banking transactions involving 200 countries and trillions of dollars a year.
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Ethernet
An internal memo at PARC, now part of SRI, proposed a system of linking workstations, files, and printers together using a coaxial cable within a local area network.
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Alto PC
The Alto personal workstation was created at PARC, which is now part of SRI.