Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Windows 98
     
         {Microsoft}'s 1998 update to {Windows 95}
        that adds:
     
        * Hardware support for {Universal Serial Bus} (USB).
     
        * Internet Connection Sharing (IGC) - multiple PCs share a
        single connection to the Internet.
     
        * Microsoft {WebTV} for Windows - watch TV on your PC.
     
        * Support for new graphic, sound, and multimedia formats.
     
        * {Internet Explorer} release 5.
     
        * Windows 98 {Service Pack} - {year 2000} updates.
     
        Windows 98 was followed logically by {Windows ME} but
        chronologically by {Windows 2000 Professional Edition}.
     
        {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/windows98)}.
     
        (2002-01-19)