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Micosoft
100

What is the first microprocessor-based computer?

first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, which was introduced in 1971

100

Who founded Intel?

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore

100

When did Microsoft launch Windows 95?

August 24, 1995

200

Who developed UNIX?

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie

200

Who was Steve Jobs?

best known for co-founding the technology company apple

200

how old was bill gates when he started microsoft 

20 years old 

300

Who was John Kemeny?

a Hungarian-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language

300

What is a GUI?

A graphics-based operating system interface

300

what did microsoft do to compete with apple

Releasing their own devices to compete with Apple's. Both companies are run differently with different end purposes.

400

What does BASIC stand for?

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Cod

400

What does object-oriented software make easier?

troubleshooting and collaborative development

400

what was microsoft's first successful product

MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)

500

What is a homeostatic mechanism?

egulators that keep the composition of the extracellular fluid (or the "internal environment")

500

What is NEXTSTEP  

NeXTSTEP is a discontinued object-oriented, multitasking operating system

500

what was microsoft's least successful product

Zune, Zune digital music player in November 2006 made to compete with the I pod