 Timeline of Microsoft

Here's a timeline highlighting key events in the history of Microsoft: ### 1970s - **1975**: Bill Gates and Paul Allen create "Micro-Soft," a combination of "microcomputer" and "software," to develop a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800. - **1976**: The name is officially shortened to "Microsoft." - **1979**: Microsoft moves its headquarters from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Bellevue, Washington.