Altair
noun
Al·tair
al-ˈtī(-ə)r 
-ˈter,
ˈal-ˌtī(-ə)r,
-ˌter
: the brightest star in the constellation Aquila
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Siemens chief executive cited the firm’s roughly $10 billion acquisition of U.S. engineering software firm Altair, saying the company has recently been expanding its U.S. footprint.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
There was the Summer Triangle: Vega, with its disk of dust; the fast-rotating Altair; and Deneb, believed to be more than 2000 light years away.
—Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Nadella began by comparing the moment to the founding of the company, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen rushed to be the first to write a Basic interpreter for the first PC, the Altair.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
The original data was derived from the Altair International Corp quarterly 10-Q report dated November 14, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Despite its massive size of roughly 1.6 to 2 times the width of our sun, Altair is known for spinning rapidly.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Further Reading First encounter: COMPUTE! magazine and its glorious, tedious type-in code
In 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates adapted the language for personal computers like the Altair 8800, expanding its reach to a new audience of small computer owners and founding Microsoft in the process.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 May 2024
The company was originally created to produce software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
The winner of the Student Support Personnel category was Altair Trujillo Estrada, who works at H.R. McCall Elementary School in District 60.
—Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2024
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
There was the Summer Triangle: Vega, with its disk of dust; the fast-rotating Altair; and Deneb, believed to be more than 2000 light years away.
—Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Nadella began by comparing the moment to the founding of the company, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen rushed to be the first to write a Basic interpreter for the first PC, the Altair.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
The original data was derived from the Altair International Corp quarterly 10-Q report dated November 14, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Despite its massive size of roughly 1.6 to 2 times the width of our sun, Altair is known for spinning rapidly.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Further Reading First encounter: COMPUTE! magazine and its glorious, tedious type-in code
In 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates adapted the language for personal computers like the Altair 8800, expanding its reach to a new audience of small computer owners and founding Microsoft in the process.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 May 2024
The company was originally created to produce software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
The winner of the Student Support Personnel category was Altair Trujillo Estrada, who works at H.R. McCall Elementary School in District 60.
—Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2024
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“Altair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Altair. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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