Tech History | MCQs

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Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975.

It was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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The Atanasoff–Berry computer was the first automatic electronic digital computer.

Limited by the technology of the day, and execution, the device has remained somewhat obscure.

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ENIAC, in full Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer.

ENIAC was completed in 1945 and first put to work for practical purposes on December 10, 1945.

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The 1950s saw the birth of the computer industry with two companies, Sperry and IBM, dominating the marketplace.

Sperry: 1955

IBM: 1952