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原文及翻译

He studied at Harvard University, but did not graduate because of his desire to develop new software. As a 13-year-old student at the Lakeside School, which was an exclusive college preparatory school, Gates was introduced to computer programming that year. 

他在哈佛大学学习，但因为想开发新软件而没有毕业。13 岁时，盖茨就读于湖滨学校，这是一所私立大学预科学校，那一年，他开始接触计算机编程。

He developed a program that allowed users to play tic-tac-toe against the computer. Gates was reportedly fascinated by the computer's ability to reproduce software code. In 1975, Gates approached a company called Micro Instruments and Telemetry Systems (MITS).

他开发了一个程序，允许用户与计算机玩井字游戏。据报道，盖茨对计算机复制软件代码的能力非常着迷。1975 年，盖茨联系了一家名为 Micro Instruments and Telemetry Systems (MITS) 的公司。

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