GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Inspired by the January cover of Popular Electronics magazine, friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft – sometimes Micro-Soft, for microprocessors and software – to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bill Gates founded the software company Microsoft Corporation with his friend Paul Allen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bill Gates wanted to call Windows as interface manager Gates had planned to release it under the same name. However, ‘Windows’ name prevailed because it best describes the boxes or computing ‘windows’ that were fundamental to the new operating system.