Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24
February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne
who gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by Paul and Clara Jobs, and
grew up with them in Mountain View, California.
He attended Homestead High School in
Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but
dropped out after only one semester, staying on to "drop in" on
courses that interested him.
He took a job with video game manufacturer
Atari to raise enough money for a trip to India and returned from there a
Buddhist.
Back in Cupertino he returned to
Atari where his old friend Steve Wozniak was still working. Wozniak was
building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs pre-sold 50 of the as-yet unmade
computers to a local store and managed to buy the components on credit solely
on the strength of the order, enabling them to build the Apple I without any
funding at all.
The Apple II followed in 1977 and the
company Apple Computer was formed shortly afterwards. By the time production
of the Apple II ended in 1993 it had sold over 6 million units.
In 1985 Jobs was fired from Apple and
immediately founded another computer company, NeXT.
In the meantime, in 1986, Jobs bought
The Computer Graphics Group from Lucasfilm. The group was responsible for
making high-end computer graphics hardware but under its new name, Pixar, it
began to produce innovative computer animations. Their first title under the
Pixar name, Luxo Jr. (1986) won critical and popular acclaim and in 1991
Pixar signed an agreement with Disney, with whom it already had a
relationship, to produce a series of feature films, beginning with Toy Story
(1995).
In 1996 Apple bought NeXT and Jobs
returned to Apple, becoming its CEO. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery in 2004. Despite the success of this
operation he became increasingly ill and received a liver transplant in 2009.
He returned to work after a six month break but eventually resigned his
position in August 2011 after another period of medical leave which began in
January 2011. He died on 5 October 2011.
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Soal:
1.
Apple
II was built in…
A.
1976.
B.
1977.
C.
1993.
D.
1995.
Kunci
jawaban : B
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followed in 1977 and the company Apple Computer was formed shortly afterwards.”
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Soal:
2.
Steve
Jobs resigned from his position because…
A.
Apple
fired him.
B.
he
signed an agreement with Disney.
C.
he
won critical and popular acclaim.
D.
his
health condition became worse.
Kunci
jawaban : D
Pembahasan :
Steve Jobs akhirnya mengundurkan diri
karena kondisi kesehatannya yang memburuk.
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Soal:
3.
What
did Steve do when he was fired from Apple?
A.
Returning
to Atari
B.
Founding
NeXT
C.
Signing
an agreement with Disney
D.
Producing
a series of feature films
Kunci
jawaban : B
Pembahasan :
Setelah diberhentikan dari Apple, steve
Jobs mendirikan NeXT.
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