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Bill Gates and Paul Allen kick-started the personal computer revolution by writing Altair BASIC in 1975 to run on the Altair 8800. This software was the first product of their newly formed company, Microsoft.

Stephen Gary Wozniak is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with his early business partner Steve Jobs. Through his work at Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.

The Homebrew Computer Club was an early computer hobbyist group in Menlo Park, California, which met from March 1975 to December 1986.

Monte Davidoff is an American computer programmer who was one of the first employees of Microsoft.

couch: a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor’s office

rug: a piece of thick material like a small carpet that is used for covering or decorating part of a floor

Traf-O-Data was a business partnership founded in 1972 by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Paul Gilbert. The company aimed to read raw data from roadway traffic counters and process it into usable reports for traffic engineers.

reams: reams [plural] (informal) a large quantity of writing

dividend: ​an amount of the profits that a company pays to people who own shares in the company

realm: an area of activity, interest or knowledge

exclusive: only to be used by one particular person or group; only given to one particular person or group

royalty: a sum of money that is paid to somebody who has written a book, piece of music, etc. each time that it is sold or performed

cap at: set as the upper limit

sublicense: a license granted to a third party by a licensee, extending some rights or privileges that the licensee enjoys

viable: feasible; that can be done; that will be successful

ruminate: to think deeply about something

confide: to tell somebody secrets and personal information that you do not want other people to know

goof around: (especially North American English, informal) to spend your time doing silly or stupid things

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