Prototype

solder: to join pieces of metal or wire with solder

toggle switch: ​an electrical switch that you move up and down or backwards and forwards

avid: very enthusiastic about something (often a hobby)

holy grail: a thing that you try very hard to find or achieve, but never will

add-on: a thing that is added to something else

hitch: a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay

mainframe: a large, powerful computer, usually the center of a network and shared by many users

pore over: to look at or read something very carefully

devise: to invent something new or a new way of doing something

conceive: to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind

viable: that can be done; that will be successful

tweak: to make slight changes to a machine, system, etc. to improve it

rocketry: the area of science which deals with rockets and with sending rockets into space; the use of rockets

Traf-O-Data was a 1970s business partnership formed by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Paul Gilbert to analyze raw traffic data from pneumatic road counters and create reports for traffic engineers. While only moderately successful and ultimately a failure, it was the precursor to Microsoft, providing essential experience with Intel 8008 microprocessors and data processing.

Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Inc. (MITS), was an American electronics company founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico that began manufacturing electronic calculators in 1971 and personal computers in 1975.

proclamation: an official statement about something important that is made to the public; the act of making an official statement

clunky: (of technology) old-fashioned; not well designed

prototype: the first design of something from which other forms are copied or developed

Bill Gates "Source Code"

Online Dictionaries Used:

hk.dictionary.search.yahoo.com

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Google AI overview

en.wikipedia.org