Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Allen a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1953, a Seattle, Washington, ga Kenneth Sam Allen da Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen. Allen ya halarci Makarantar Lakeside, wata makaranta mai zaman kanta a Seattle, inda ya yi abokantaka da Bill Gates wanda ya girme shi da shekaru biyu, wanda ya yi sha'awar kwamfutoci. Sun yi amfani da tashar Teletype ta Lakeside don haɓaka ƙwarewar shirye-shiryen su akan tsarin kwamfuta da yawa na raba lokaci. Sun kuma yi amfani da dakin gwaje-gwaje na Sashen Kimiyyar Kwamfuta na Jami'ar Washington, suna yin bincike na sirri da shirye-shiryen kwamfuta; aƙalla sau ɗaya a cikin 1971 an hana su daga dakin gwaje-gwaje don cin zarafin gatan su a can. A cewar Allen, a shekarunsu na matasa shi da Bill Gates za su je su yi nutsewa a cikin kwandon shara don lambar shirin kwamfuta. Bayan kammala karatunsa kuma ya sami cikakkiyar SAT na 1600, Allen ya tafi Jami'ar Jihar Washington, inda ya shiga Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. Ya yi watsi da shi bayan shekaru biyu don yin aiki a matsayin mai tsara shirye-shirye don Honeywell a Boston, kusa da Jami'ar Harvard inda Bill Gates ya ƙare. Allen daga baya ya shawo kan Gates ya bar Harvard don ƙirƙirar Microsoft.  Tambaya: Wace makaranta ce Bill Gates ya bar kafin ya kirkiri Microsoft?
Harvard