Question

GW-Basic was my first programming language. And i never found out what the ‘GW’ stands for.

Answer 1

From the Wikipedia article:

There are several theories on what the
initials “GW” stand for. Greg Whitten,
an early Microsoft employee who
developed the standards in the
company’s BASIC compiler line, says
Bill Gates picked the name GW-BASIC.
Whitten refers to it as Gee-Whiz BASIC
and is unsure if Gates named the
program after him. The Microsoft
User Manual from Microsoft Press also
refers to it by this name.
It may have also been nicknamed
Gee-Whiz because it had a large
number of graphics commands.
Other common theories as to the
initials’ origins include “Graphics
and Windows”, “Gates, William”
(Microsoft’s president at the time),
or “Gates-Whitten” (the two main
designers of the program).