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Digital Equipment Corporation

Information Technology

Digital Equipment Corporation, known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American computer company from the 1960s to the 1990s, founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. It is best known for minicomputers, starting in the early 1960s, including the PDP line, with the PDP-8 and PDP-11 among the most successful minis in history, and for the late-1970s VAX supermini systems designed to replace the PDP-11. Its DEC Alpha line began to make inroads in the mid-1990s but came too late to save the company, which Compaq acquired in June 1998.

Facts
Founded Year
1957 1
Size Band
100,000 or More 1
Status
Acquired 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1998 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Public 2
Connections

Founded By

Harlan Anderson, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Digital Equipment Corporation
Ken Olsen, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Digital Equipment Corporation

Led By

Ken Olsen, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Digital Equipment Corporation

Operates In

Information Technology Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Developed

DIGITAL Command Language

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Source DIGITAL Command Language (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
DIGITAL Command Language (DCL) is the standard command language for many of the operating systems created by Digital Equipment Corporation.
Interactive Application System

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Source Interactive Application System (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
was a DEC operating system for the PDP-11
Modula-3

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

OpenVMS

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

PDP-11

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

PDP-8

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

RSTS/E

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

RSX-11

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Spanning Tree Protocol

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Tru64 UNIX

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Ultrix

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

VAX

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

VAXELN

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Located In

Massachusetts

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Digital Equipment Corporation
  • Infobox: num_employees
    over 140,000
  • Infobox: fate
    Acquired by Compaq, after the divestiture of major assets.
  • Lead
    The company was founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957.
  • Lead, end of the company
    DEC was acquired in June 1998 by Compaq
  • Founded By: Ken Olsen, Lead sentence, founding of the company in 1957
  • Founded By: Harlan Anderson, Lead sentence, founding of the company in 1957
  • Led By: Ken Olsen, Lead paragraph: Olsen was president of the company
  • Operates In: Information Technology Industry, Infobox industry field: Information technology, Computer hardware, Software
  • In Group: Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals, Lead section
    Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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2. FundingUniverse (International Directory of Company Histories): Digital Equipment Corporation - FundingUniverse company history
FundingUniverse (International Directory of Company Histories)Company header
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Public Company Incorporated: 1957
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