ChromeOS is a lightweight operating system developed by Google, based on Linux and designed around the Chrome web browser, with most applications running over the internet. Google announced the project in 2009, and the first Chromebook laptops, made by Samsung and Acer, were released in the summer of 2011, with versions for other devices following. The system was meant to be simple, fast to start and easy to secure, and it updates itself automatically. Chromebooks became especially popular in schools in the United States, because they were cheap and easy to manage. Later versions added support for Android apps and Linux programs, extending the range of software that can run on them.
Before and after
- 22 April 20122012 French presidential election
- 6 May 2012Construction of London Stadium
- 22 May 2012Construction of Tokyo Skytree
- from 15 June 2012 to 15 February 2016Premiere of Gravity Falls
- 15 June 2012Creation of ChromeOS
- 20 June 2012Introduction of Coinbase
- 24 June 2012Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise, dies
- 26 June 2012Discovery of Styx
- 28 June 2012Doudna and Charpentier publish CRISPR gene editing
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
The era
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