Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer, Co. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Wozniak single-handedly created the Apple I and Apple II computers in the mid-1970s, which contributed significantly to the microcomputer revolution of that era. In addition to being popularly nicknamed "Woz," "The Wizard of Woz," or "The Woz," Wozniak is also sometimes referred to as the "Wonderful Wizard of Woz" and "iWoz" . "WoZ" is also the name of a company Wozniak founded. He is sometimes known as the "Other Steve" of Apple Computer,... the better known Steve being the late co-founder, Steve Jobs. Wozniak met Steve Jobs when fellow Homestead High School student, Bill Fernandez, introduced them to each other. In 1970, they became friends when Jobs worked for the summer at Hewlett-Packard, where Wozniak was working on a mainframe computer. According to Wozniak's autobiography, iWoz, Jobs had the idea to sell a computer as a fully assembled printed circuit board.
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