COMPUTER NERDS

A computer nerd is a person uses a computer in order to use one.

Steve Wozniak fell in love with computers and how they worked. He built
the first computer, the Apple one. The Apple one formed the basis for the futu
re of Apple Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak also designed the Apple II, the first
ready made computer and one of the most popular ever made. It was a complete co
mputer with keyboard and power supply. After he retired from Apple, Steve retur
ned to the University of California at Berkeley and got his bachelor's degree in
Computer Science.
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers. At the age of 25 he w
as worth over 100 million dollars. He was fascinated by the effects of computer
s. He was also amazed that a computer could take your ideas and translate them
into information. He and Wozniak created the printed circuit board for the Appl
e I computer.
Bill Gates started programing at the age of 13. When he was a student
at Harvard University, he developed BASIC for the first microcomputer, the Alta
ir. Gates believed that there would be a personal computer in every household.
Gates and Paul Allen formed Microsoft in 1975. Today Gates is a very important
leader in Microsoft.
Paul Allen was also a co-founder of Microsoft. He bought a chip from a
store and brought it back to Bill Gates and then they called their friends. Th
ey loaded BASIC into the computer and it worked by printing out the memory size.
Paul left Microsoft in 1983 after an illness.