Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard was an American technology company founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and David Packard. In 2015, it separated into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Bill Hewlett: An American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Hewlett-Packard with David Packard. His partnership with Packard began the company in 1939.
Audio oscillator: An electronic circuit that generates periodic audio-frequency signals. HP’s first product was an audio oscillator designed for testing sound equipment.
HP 9100A: A programmable desktop scientific calculator introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 1968. It brought computing power to engineers and scientists before personal computers.
HP Inc.: An American technology company formed in 2015 to continue Hewlett-Packard’s personal systems and printing businesses. It inherited HP’s consumer computers and printer operations.
David Packard: An American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Hewlett-Packard with Bill Hewlett. He helped establish the company’s early management and engineering practices.
HP Model 200A: An audio-frequency oscillator introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 1939. This instrument gave the new company its first commercial success.
Hewlett-Packard 3000: A family of minicomputers designed for commercial data processing and time-sharing. The system established HP as a supplier of business computing.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: An American enterprise technology company formed from Hewlett-Packard’s 2015 separation. It inherited the company’s servers, storage, networking, and services businesses.
HP Garage: A garage in Palo Alto, California, where Hewlett and Packard began their business. The founders’ first workshop became a symbol of HP’s origins.
Electronic test equipment: Instruments used to generate, measure, or analyze electrical signals and circuits. Test equipment formed HP’s original business and engineering foundation.

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