PDF: Celebrating The 30th Birthday Of The Digital Institution
In the dynamic world of digital technology, where innovations come and go, there are few constants that have withstood the test of time. One such constant, firmly entrenched in our everyday lives, celebrates its 30th birthday today. Yes, we are talking about the Portable Document Format, better known as PDF.
Introduced by Adobe Systems in 1993, the PDF format was way ahead of its time. It offered the ability to create and share complex documents with embedded images, fonts and layouts that displayed the same on any operating system. Basically, it became a universal tool for digital document distribution, and it remains strong today, despite the flood of technological advances in the last three decades.
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