COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

This man is known for starting the company Microsoft back in the year 1975. Since then, he has become one of the richest people in the world. What is the name of this person?

A	Konrad Zuse
B	Steve Jobs
C	Bill Gates
D	Elon Musk

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Bill Gates, in full William Henry Gates III, (born October 28, 1955, Seattle, Washington, U.S.), American computer programmer and entrepreneur who cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest personal-computer software company.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Henry Gates III KBE (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and the co-founder and former chairman of Microsoft. He is the third-richest person in the world behind Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in net worth as of January 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen, two boyhood friends from Seattle, converted BASIC, a popular mainframe computer programming language, for use on an early personal computer (PC), the Altair. Shortly afterward, Gates and Allen founded Microsoft, deriving the name from the words microcomputer and software.

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