Your birth year
2006
Altair BASIC
1975Software
Altair BASIC is 31 years older than you
It's from 1975, before you were born.
- Founder linked
- Bill Gates
- Founder age
- 19
- Field
- Software
About
As of 2026, it's 51 years old.
Altair BASIC appeared in 1975 as early personal computers were moving from kits and hobby clubs toward a software ecosystem.
The moment matters because it reframed software as a product category in its own right.
Altair BASIC through the years
1975
1975
Altair BASIC released
The software became an early Microsoft milestone.
You were born — 2006
