Digital Equipment Corporation

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computer company defunct company technology company

Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its influential minicomputers and major role in the development of modern computing.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer company → defunct company → technology company →
acquiredBy	Compaq →
acquisitionYear	1998 →
contributedTo	development of minicomputer market → early computer networking → time-sharing computing →
country	United States →
employeeCountAtPeak	over 100000 →
fate	acquired by Compaq and later absorbed into Hewlett-Packard →
foundedBy	Harlan Anderson → Ken Olsen →
foundedInPlace	Maynard, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
foundedInYear	1957 →
headquartersLocation	Maynard, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
industry	computer hardware → computer software → information technology →
keyPerson	Gordon Bell → Ken Olsen → Robert Noyce →
knownFor	influence on modern computing → minicomputers → time-sharing systems →
majorCompetitor	Data General → Hewlett-Packard → IBM → Prime Computer →
notableFacility	Mill complex in Maynard, Massachusetts →
notableProduct	DEC Alpha → DECsystem-10 → PDP-1 → PDP-11 → PDP-8 → VAX → VMS operating system → VT100 terminal →
operatingSystemDeveloped	RSX-11 → TOPS-10 → TOPS-20 → VMS →
peakPeriod	1970s → 1980s →
processorArchitectureDeveloped	Alpha architecture → VAX architecture →
stockExchangeListing	New York Stock Exchange →
successor	Compaq → Hewlett-Packard →
tickerSymbol	DEC →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grace Hopper → Jeff Dean → Leslie Lamport → Robert W. Taylor →	employer
AltaVista → DEC Alpha servers →	developer
USB Implementers Forum →	foundedBy
AltaVista →	founder
AltaVista →	operatedBy
AltaVista →	originalOwner
AltaVista →	parentCompany