Personal Computer

Albuquerque: city (the state's most populous) in central New Mexico population 545,852

makeshift: used temporarily for a particular purpose because the real thing is not available

plywood: board made by sticking thin layers of wood on top of each other

The Altair 8800, introduced by MITS in January 1975, is widely recognized as the first commercially successful personal computer, igniting the microcomputer revolution.

laundromat: ​​a place where you can wash and dry your clothes in machines that you pay to use

massage parlor: a place where you can pay to have a massage

shell out: ​(informal) to pay a lot of money for something

novelty: the quality of being new, different and interesting

splurge: an act of spending a lot of money on something that you do not really need

gadget: a small tool or device that does something useful

tinker: tinker (with something) to make small changes to something in order to repair or improve it, especially in a way that may not be helpful

Menlo Park: city in western California southeast of San Francisco population 32,026

swap: to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange

glimpse: a sight of somebody/something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely

toggle: to press a key or set of keys on a computer keyboard in order to turn a feature on or off, or to move from one program, etc. to another

staccato: (music, from Italian) with each note played separately in order to produce short, sharp sounds

rendition: the performance of something, especially a song or piece of music; the particular way in which it is performed

2001: A Space Odyssey is a seminal 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with Arthur C. Clarke.

home brew: beer that somebody makes at home

stoke something (up) to make something increase or develop more quickly

whistle-stop: visiting a lot of different places in a very short time

counterculture: a way of life and set of ideas that are opposed to those accepted by most of society; a group of people who share such a way of life and such ideas

hippie: a person who rejects the way that most people live in Western society, often having long hair, wearing brightly colored clothes and taking illegal drugs. The hippie movement was most popular in the 1960s.

zeitgeist: the general mood or quality of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas, beliefs, etc. common at the time

monolithic: ​(often disapproving) used to describe single, very large organizations that are very slow to change and not interested in individual people

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is the world's largest defense and aerospace corporation

inaugural: IPA[ɪˈnɔːgjʊrəl]

Bill Gates "Source Code"

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