Compaq

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computer company defunct company technology company

Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Compaq canonical 43
Compaq Computer Corporation 9
COMPAQ 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer company ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
acquisitionDate 2002 ⓘ
acquisitionValue approximately $25 billion ⓘ
brandDiscontinuationApproxDate 2013 ⓘ
brandDiscontinuedBy Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
brandOwnerAfterAcquisition Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
competitiveWith Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer

Dell ⓘ
Gateway ⓘ
IBM ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedBy Bill Murto ⓘ
Jim Harris ⓘ
Rod Canion ⓘ
foundedDate 1982 ⓘ
foundedPlace Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
headquartersLocation Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
industry computer hardware ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
keyPerson Eckhard Pfeiffer ⓘ
Michael Capellas ⓘ
Rod Canion ⓘ
knownFor IBM PC compatible computers ⓘ
being one of the largest PC manufacturers in the 1990s ⓘ
portable IBM PC compatible ⓘ
logoText Compaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COMPAQ
marketPosition one of the largest PC manufacturers worldwide in the 1990s ⓘ
mergedInto Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
notableEvent introduced one of the first successful IBM PC compatible portables ⓘ
merger with Hewlett-Packard completed in 2002 ⓘ
rapid growth in PC market during 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
notableProduct Armada laptop series ⓘ
Compaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Compaq Deskpro

Compaq Portable ⓘ
Compaq Presario ⓘ
HP ProLiant servers ⓘ
surface form: ProLiant servers
parentCompanyAfter2002 Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
productType desktop computers ⓘ
laptops ⓘ
personal computers ⓘ
servers ⓘ
workstations ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor HP Pavilion PCs ⓘ
surface form: HP personal computer division
tickerSymbol CPQ ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zip2 → acquiredBy → Compaq ⓘ
Zip2 → parentCompanyAfterAcquisition → Compaq ⓘ
USB Implementers Forum → foundedBy → Compaq ⓘ
AltaVista → operatedBy → Compaq ⓘ
AltaVista → acquiredBy → Compaq ⓘ
AltaVista → parentCompany → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq → notableProduct → Compaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Deskpro
Compaq → logoText → Compaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMPAQ
Tim Cook → employer → Compaq ⓘ
Intel Inside → associatedCompany → Compaq ⓘ
IBM PC compatible → producedBy → Compaq ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation → acquiredBy → Compaq ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation → successor → Compaq ⓘ
Mission: SPACE → sponsor → Compaq ⓘ
Future World → sponsor → Compaq ⓘ
DEC Alpha servers → marketedBy → Compaq ⓘ
DEC Alpha servers → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Zip2 Corporation (historical, co-founded by Musk) → acquiredBy → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Zip2 Corporation
Zip2 Corporation (historical, co-founded by Musk) → successor → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Zip2 Corporation
Compaq Portable → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Portable → brand → Compaq ⓘ
Armada laptop series → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Armada laptop series → producer → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Computer Corporation
Armada laptop series → brand → Compaq ⓘ
Armada laptop series → category → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq laptops
CPQ → refersTo → Compaq ⓘ
CPQ → associatedCompanyName → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Computer Corporation
CPQ → associatedCompanySuccessorBrand → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: HP
Michael Capellas → employer → Compaq ⓘ
Gateway → competitor → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Gateway, Inc.
Compaq Presario → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Presario → parentCompanyAtIntroduction → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Computer Corporation
Jim Harris → coFounded → Compaq ⓘ
Jim Harris → employer → Compaq ⓘ
Bill Murto → coFounded → Compaq ⓘ
Bill Murto → employer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Center at San Jose → namedAfter → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Center at San Jose → sponsor → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Deskpro → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Deskpro → brand → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq Deskpro → madeByCompany → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Computer Corporation
DEC → acquiredBy → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Digital Equipment Corporation
DEC → parentCompanyAfterAcquisition → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Digital Equipment Corporation
Alpha architecture → discontinuedBy → Compaq ⓘ
Alpha architecture → notableVendor → Compaq ⓘ
Mission: SPACE pavilion → sponsor → Compaq ⓘ
subject surface form: Mission: SPACE
Compaq ProLiant → manufacturer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq ProLiant → developer → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq ProLiant → brandOwner → Compaq ⓘ
Compaq ProLiant → associatedCompany → Compaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compaq Computer Corporation