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In what year was Microsoft founded?

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1975 uint256

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the four-digit calendar year, as a number
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en.wikipedia.org, about.microsoft.com, encyclopaedia britannica, "microsoft corporation" (britannica.com): microsoft was founded by bill gates and paul allen in 1975., encyclopaedia britannica, "microsoft corporation" (britannica.com/topic/microsoft-corporation): microsoft was founded by bill gates and paul allen in 1975., encyclopaedia britannica, "microsoft corporation" (britannica.com/topic/microsoft-corporation): microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen in albuquerque, new mexico., encyclopaedia britannica, "microsoft corporation" entry, states microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen., encyclopaedia britannica, "microsoft corporation" entry; microsoft's official corporate history page (about microsoft / our history), both stating microsoft was founded in 1975., encyclopaedia britannica, 'microsoft corporation' (britannica.com), and microsoft's official 'history' page (microsoft.com/en-us/about) both state microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen., encyclopaedia britannica, 'microsoft corporation' (britannica.com); microsoft official corporate history ('about microsoft' / 'our story', microsoft.com) — both state microsoft was founded in 1975., encyclopaedia britannica, 'microsoft corporation' (britannica.com/topic/microsoft-corporation), which states the company was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "microsoft corporation" (britannica.com), which states microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen, microsoft about — https://news.microsoft.com/about/, microsoft corporation 2012 annual report, business description: https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar12/financial-review/business-description/, microsoft facts about microsoft (important dates): https://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/, microsoft facts about microsoft, https://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/ (important dates: 1975 — microsoft founded), microsoft news center, 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gates and paul allen., microsoft official 'our story' company history page (microsoft.com/en-us/about), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation, microsoft official company history ("our story" / about microsoft) and encyclopaedia britannica, both stating microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen, microsoft official company history (about microsoft / microsoft news center 'facts about microsoft') and microsoft sec filings, both stating the company was founded april 4, 1975, microsoft official corporate history ("our story" / about microsoft, microsoft.com) and encyclopaedia britannica entry on microsoft corporation, both stating microsoft was founded on april 4, 1975 by bill gates and paul allen, microsoft official corporate history (microsoft "about us" / "our story" page, about.microsoft.com), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation, both stating the company was founded by bill gates and paul allen in 1975., microsoft official corporate history (microsoft.com/en-us/about) and encyclopaedia britannica entry on microsoft corporation, both stating microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen., microsoft official corporate history (microsoft.com/en-us/about) and encyclopaedia britannica, 'microsoft corporation' entry: microsoft was founded by bill gates and paul allen in 1975., microsoft official corporate history (microsoft.com/en-us/about) corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on microsoft corporation, microsoft official corporate history (microsoft.com/en-us/about) stating the company was founded in 1975, microsoft's official 'history' page (about.microsoft.com/en/our-story) and encyclopaedia britannica ('microsoft corporation') both state microsoft was founded in 1975 by bill gates and paul allen., microsoft's official company history page (news.microsoft.com/about/) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state microsoft was founded on april 4, 1975, by bill gates and paul allen in albuquerque, new mexico., microsoft's official corporate history page (about.microsoft.com/en-us/our-story) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state that bill gates and paul allen founded microsoft in 1975 in albuquerque, new mexico., microsoft's official corporate history page (about.microsoft.com/en-us/our-story) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state the company was founded on april 4, 1975, by bill gates and paul allen., microsoft's official corporate history page (about.microsoft.com/en-us/our-story, 'microsoft history' timeline) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state that microsoft was founded by bill gates and paul allen on april 4, 1975, in albuquerque, new mexico., microsoft's official corporate history page (microsoft.com/en-us/about) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state the company was founded by bill gates and paul allen in 1975., microsoft's official corporate history page (microsoft.com/en-us/about) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation both state the company was founded on april 4, 1975, by bill gates and paul allen., microsoft's official corporate history page (microsoft.com/en-us/about; "1975: bill gates and paul allen founded microsoft") corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation, both stating the company was founded in 1975., microsoft's official corporate history page (news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft, 'history' section) states microsoft was founded by bill gates and paul allen on april 4, 1975. encyclopaedia britannica's entry on microsoft corporation corroborates this founding year of 1975., microsoft, about microsoft: https://news.microsoft.com/about/ (important dates: microsoft founded, 1975), microsoft, facts about microsoft, important dates: https://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/, microsoft, facts about microsoft: https://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/, microsoft, facts about microsoft: https://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/ (important dates lists 1975 — microsoft founded), news.microsoft.com, www.britannica.com

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