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20th Century Fox — Film studio; formed in 1935 through the merger of William Fox's Fox Film, and Twentieth Century Pictures.^[1]
37signals — Web development company; named for the 37 radiotelescope signals identified by astronomer Paul Horowitz as potential messages from extraterrestrial intelligence.^[2]
3Com — Network technology producer; the three coms are computer, communication, and compatibility.^[3]
3M — from the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.^[4]
7-Eleven — Convenience stores; renamed from "U-Tote'm" in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours, 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.^[5]

Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs in January 1, 1879â€“May 8, 1952) founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... 37signals is a privately held web design and web application company based in Chicago. ... In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of them. ... Paul Horowitz (born 1942) is a U.S. physicist and electrical engineer, known primarily for his work in electronics design, as well as for his role in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (see SETI). ... Extraterrestrial life refers to forms of life that may exist and originate outside of the planet Earth. ... 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) is a manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. ... 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002, is an American corporation with a worldwide presence. ... For other uses, see 7-Eleven (disambiguation). ...

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A&M Records — named after founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss^[6]
A&P — from Atlantic & Pacific in Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a US-based supermarket chain.
A&W Root Beer — named after founders Roy Allen and Frank Wright^[7]
ABN AMRO — in the 1960s, the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Dutch Trading Society; 1824) and De Twentsche Bank merged to form the Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN; General Bank of the Netherlands); in 1966, the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank merged to form the Amro Bank; in 1991, ABN and Amro Bank merged to form ABN AMRO.
Accenture — from "Accent on the future". The name Accenture was proposed by a company employee in Norway as part of an internal name finding process (BrandStorming). Prior to January 1, 2001 the company was called Andersen Consulting.^[8]
Adecco — named from the merger of Swiss staffing company Adia with French staffing company Ecco. ^[9]
adidas — from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.^[10]
Adobe Systems — from the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock.^[11]
Ahold — a holding company of Albert Heijn and other supermarkets. For its 100th anniversary in 1987, Ahold was granted the title of Koninklijke ("Royal" in Dutch) by the Queen of the Netherlands, changing its name to Koninklijke Ahold (Royal Ahold).^[12]
Akai — named for its founder, Masukichi Akai.^[13]
Akamai — from the Hawaiian word akamai meaning smart or clever;^[14] the company defines it as "intelligent, clever and cool".^[15]
AKZO — named from the 1969 merger of Algemene Kunstzijde Unie (AKU) and Koninklijke Zout Organon (KZO).^[16]
Alcatel-Lucent — Alcatel was named from Société Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Télécomunications et d'Electronique.^[17] It took over Lucent Technologies in 2006.
Alcoa — Aluminum Company of America.^[18]
Aldi — portmanteau for Albrecht (name of the founders) and discount
Alfa Romeo — the company was originally known as ALFA, an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. When Nicola Romeo bought ALFA in 1915, his surname was appended.
Allegra — from All Electronic Graphics. The international printing franchise was formerly known as American Speedy Printing Centers.
Alstom — set up as Alsthom in 1928 by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques and Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston, it changed the spelling to Alstom in 1997.
AltaVista — Spanish for "high view".
ALZA — from the name of the founder Alex Zaffaroni.
Amazon.com — founder Jeff Bezos renamed the company Amazon (from the earlier name of Cadabra.com) after the world's most voluminous river, the Amazon. He saw the potential for a larger volume of sales in an online (as opposed to a bricks and mortar) bookstore. (Alternative: Amazon was chosen to cash in on the popularity of Yahoo, which listed entries alphabetically.)
Ambev — American Beverage Company, the largest Brazilian beverage company and fourth in the world. In 2004 it merged with Interbrew to create Inbev
AMC Theatres — American Multi-Cinema: the company pioneered multi-screen cinemas.^[19]
AMD — Advanced Micro Devices
AMOCO — AMerican Oil COmpany - now part of BP
Amstrad — Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc was founded by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the UK. The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading.
Apache — according to the project's 1997 FAQ: "The Apache group was formed around a number of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3. The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server." ^[20]
Apple — For the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard, and to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time — which had names such as IBM, DEC, Cincom and Tesseract
Apricot Computers — early UK-based microcomputer company founded by ACT (Applied Computer Techniques), a business software and services supplier. The company wanted a "fruity" name (Apple and Acorn were popular brands) that included the letters A, C and T. Apricot fit the bill.
Arby's — the enunciation of the initials of its founders, the Raffel Brothers. The partners wanted to use the name Big Tex, but were unsuccessful in negotiating with the Akron businessman who was already using the name. So, Forrest said, "We came up with Arby's, which stands for R.B., the initials of Raffel Brothers, although I guess customers might think the initials stand for roast beef."
Arcelor — created in 2001 by a merger of Arbed (Luxembourg), Aceralia (Spain) and Usinor (France) with the ambition of becoming a major player in the steel industry.
Areva — named from the region of Ávila in northern Spain, location of the Arevalo abbey. Arevalo was shorted to Arevo.
Aricent — communications software company name created in 2006 by combining two words "arise" and "ascent".
ARM Ltd — named after the microprocessor developed by small UK company Acorn as a successor to the 6502 used in its BBC Microcomputer. ARM originally stood for Acorn Risc Machine. When the company was spun off with backing from Apple and VTI, this was changed to Advanced Risc Machines.
Arm & Hammer — based on the arm and hammer of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking. It was previously the logo of the Vulcan Spice Mills in Brooklyn. When James Church, the son of Church & Dwight founder Austin Church, came to Church and Dwight from Vulcan Spice Mills, he brought the logo with him. ^[21]
ARP — company that made analog synthesizers in the 1970s, named after founder Alan Robert Pearlman.
Artis (zoo in Amsterdam) — from the Latin phrase, Natura Artis Magistra, or Nature is Art's Teacher
ASDA — Associated Dairies, a large UK supermarket chain now a subsidiary of Wal-Mart
ASICS — an acronym for Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, which, translated from Latin, means "Healthy soul in a healthy body". Originally the citation is mens sana in corpore sano, but MSICS does not sound as good.
Ask.com — search engine formerly named after Jeeves, the gentleman's gentleman (valet, not butler) in P. G. Wodehouse's series of books. Ask Jeeves was shortened to Ask in 2006.
Aston Martin — from the "Aston Hill" races (near Aston Clinton) where the company was founded, and the surname of Lionel Martin, the company's founder.
AT&T — the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation officially changed its name to AT&T in the 1990s.
Atari — named from the board game Go. "Atari" is a Japanese word to describe a position where an opponent's stones are in danger of being captured. It is similar, though not identical, to "check" in chess. The original games company was American but wanted a Japanese-sounding name.
ATI — Array Technologies Incorporated
ATS — Auto Technik Spezialerzeugnisse, a German company producing light alloy wheels and motor parts, which ran its own Formula 1 racing team in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Audi — Latin translation of the German name 'Horch'. The founder August Horch left the company after five years, but still wanted to manufacture cars. Since the original 'Horch' company was still there, he called his new company Audi, the Latin form of his last name. In English it is: "hark!".

A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... Herbert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass or just TJB for short - a now-defunct brass band of which he was the... Jerry Moss founded A&M Records with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert. ... The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, is a United States and Canada. ... For other uses, see A&P. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, is a 340-store supermarket chain with locations in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Louisiana, Mississippi, the District of Columbia, and Ontario. ... A&W Root Beer is one of the major root beer franchises in the United States. ... ABN AMRO (Euronext: AAB, NYSE: ABN) is one of the largest banks in Europe and has operations all over the world. ... Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij is one of the primary ancestors of ABN AMRO. History 1824: King Willem I created the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM) by Royal Decree to revive trade between the Netherlands and the Netherlands East Indies. ... In 1964, Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij merged with De Twentsche Bank to form Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN). ... Accenture (NYSE: ACN, ISIN: BMG1150G1116) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. ... Adecco S.A. is the largest human resources company in the world, based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... ECCO is a Danish shoe manufacturer. ... This article is about the company. ... Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell... Waterfall at Sugarloaf Mountain headwaters of Sonoma Creek Sonoma Creek is one of two principal drainages of Southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharge to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. ... John Warnock (b. ... Ahold, (in full Koninklijke Ahold N.V., Royal Ahold N.V.), (Euronext: AH, FWB: AHO, NYSE: AHO, SWX: AHO) is a major international supermarket operator and foodservice company based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. ... A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ... Albert Heijn supermarket in Amsterdam Albert Heijn B.V. is a supermarket chain founded in 1887 in Oostzaan, the Netherlands. ... The Netherlands have been an independent monarchy since 1815, and have been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since. ... Akai () was a Japanese consumer electronics producer founded in 1929. ... Akamai Technologies, Inc. ... The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian language that takes its name from HawaiÊ»i, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. ... Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. ... Alcatel Lucent (or Alcatel-Lucent according to some sources) is the name of the new company formed after the merge agreement signed by Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. ... This article is about the company. ... , short for ALbrecht DIscount, is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany and one of the largest retail chains worldwide. ... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ... Allegra, manufactured by Aventis, is a prescription antihistamine (generic name: fexofenadine) that aims to relieve seasonal allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, and itchy watery eyes. ... Vernon Vern Buchanan (born May 8, 1951) is a Republican politician and an automobile dealer. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ALZA Corporation ALZA Corporation is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1968 by Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni. ... Amazon. ... Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon. ... This article is about the river. ... AmBev is the biggest private industry of consumer goods in Brazil and the biggest brewery in Latin America. ... Interbrew was a large Belgium-based brewing company which owned many internationally known beers, as well as some smaller local beers. ... InBev (Euronext: INB, NYSE: ABV) is the largest beer company in the industry. ... AMC Promenade 16 multiplex in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California. ... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ... The American Oil Company, or Amoco, was a global chemical and oil company, founded in Baltimore in 1910 and incorporated in 1922 by Louis Blaustein and his son Jacob, but now part of BP. The firms early innovations include the gasoline tanker truck and the drive-through filling station. ... This article is about the energy corporation. ... Amstrad is a manufacturer of electronics based in Brentwood in Essex, England and founded in 1968 by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the UK. The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading. ... Sir Alan Sugar is a British businessman born in 1947. ... Apache Software Foundation Logo The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit corporation (classified as 501(c)(3) in the United States) to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. ... Apple Inc. ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... DEC, dec or Dec may refer to: December - a month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar Department of Environment and Conservation Digital Equipment Corporation - a computer and technology company, now part of HP Declination - a term from astronomy Diethylcarbamazine - a drug commonly used to treat infections by filarial parasites... Cincom Systems is a company founded in 1968, making it one of the longest-serving companies in the software industry. ... For other uses, see Tesseract (disambiguation). ... Apricot Computers, a British manufacturer of business-orientated personal computers, was the new name for Applied Computer Techniques (ACT) in 1985. ... Arbys is a fast food restaurant franchise in the United States and Canada that is primarily known for selling roast beef sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, potato cakes, curly fries, Jamocha milkshakes and chicken strips. ... Arcelor S.A. (Euronext: LOR) is the worlds largest steel producer in terms of turnover and the second largest in terms of steel output, with a turnover of 30. ... AREVA (Euronext: CEI) is a France-based multinational industrial conglomerate that deals in energy, especially in nuclear power. ... Ãvila province Ãvila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and LeÃ³n. ... Aricent is a communications software company, offering a portfolio of software services and products for the communications industry (wireline, wireless, cable and satellite). ... The entrance to ARMs headquarters in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) Ltd is a microprocessor design company headquartered in England, founded in 1990 by Hermann Hauser. ... Arm & Hammer is a registered trademark of Church and Dwight, an American manufacturer of household products. ... ARP Instruments, Inc. ... The entrance to Artis in July 2004 Natura Artis Magistra (Latin for Nature is the mother (or teacher) of art) commonly known simply as Artis, is a zoo in Amsterdam. ... This article is about the supermarket chain. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... For the digital circuits term, see Application-specific integrated circuit. ... This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. ... Ask. ... Jeeves, here portrayed by Stephen Fry in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, is P.G. Wodehouses most famous character. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Butler (disambiguation). ... Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (October 15, 1881 â€“ February 14, 1975) (IPA: ) was an English comic writer who has enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England. ... dcdc ... Lionel Martin (1878)-(1945) a Cornishman who, with Robert Bamford, founded Aston Martin. ... This article is about the current AT&T. For the 1885-2005 company, see American Telephone & Telegraph. ... This article is about a corporate game company. ... Go is a strategic board game for two players. ... ATI may stand for: ATI Technologies Inc. ... ATS was a German Formula One team, named after German alloy wheel brand Auto Technisches SpezialzubehÃ¶r. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ...

B

B&Q — from the initials of its founders, Richard Block and David Quayle
Bang & Olufsen — from the names of its founders, Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, who met at a School of Engineering in Denmark.
Bally — originally Lion Manufacturing, the company changed its name to Bally after the success of its first popular pinball machine, Ballyhoo.
Banesto — from Banco Español de Crédito (Spanish Credit Bank)
BASF — from Badische Anilin und Soda Fabriken. Anilin and Soda were the first products. Badisch refers to the location in the state of Baden, Germany (Black Forest region).
Bauknecht — founded as an electrotechnical workshop in 1919 by Gottlob Bauknecht, and now a Whirlpool brand.
Bayer — named after Friedrich Bayer, who founded the company in 1863.
BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation, originally British Broadcasting Company.
BBVA — Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
BEA Systems — from the first initial of each of the company's three founders: Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang.
BenQ — Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life ^[22]
BHP — Broken Hill Proprietary, named after the town of Broken Hill, where BHP was founded (now BHP Billiton)
BIC Corporation — the pen company was named after one of its founders, Marcel Bich. He dropped the final 'h' to avoid a potentially inappropriate English pronunciation of the name.
Black & Decker — named after founders S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker.
Blaupunkt — Blaupunkt ("Blue dot") was founded in 1923 under the name "Ideal". Its core business was the manufacturing of headphones. If the headphones came through quality tests, the company would give the headphones a blue dot. The headphones quickly became known as the blue dots or blaue Punkte. The quality symbol would become a trademark and the trademark would become the company name in 1938.
BMW — Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Factories).
Boeing — named after founder William E. Boeing. It was originally called Pacific Aero Products Co.
BP — formerly British Petroleum, now BP. (The slogan "Beyond Petroleum" has incorrectly been taken to refer to the company's new name following its rebranding effort in 2000.)
BRAC — Bangladesh Rural & Advancement Committee, world's largest NGO (non governmental organization). It works in development programs around the world.
Bridgestone — named after founder Shojiro Ishibashi. The surname Ishibashi (石橋) means "stone bridge", or "bridge of stone".
Brine, Corp. — sporting goods company named after founder, W.H. Brine. It was taken over by New Balance in 2006.
Bull — Compagnie des machines Bull was founded in Paris to exploit the patents for punched card machines taken out by a Norwegian engineer, Fredrik Rosing Bull.
Bultaco — Catalan company of motorcycles, which disappeared in the 1980s. Its name is based on the name of its founder, Paco Bultó.

B&Q is a British retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies. ... Logo of Bang & Olufsen Beolit 39 from 1938, B&O:s first Radio in Bakelite Bang & Olufsen (B&O) is a Danish company that designs and manufactures high end audio products, television sets, and telephones. ... Bally Technologies logo Bally (with its distinctive Rolling Ball logo) Bally Technologies, Inc. ... Banesto is a Spanish bank that was acquired by Grupo Santander and became part of the group. ... This article is about the German chemical company. ... Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the worlds leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances,with annual sales of approximately $18 billion, more than 73,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. ... A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. ... Saltstraumen whirlpool A whirlpool in a glass of water A whirlpool is a large, swirling body of water produced by ocean tides. ... Bayer AG (IPA pronunciation //) (ISIN: DE0005752000, NYSE: BAY, TYO: 4863 ) is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... (NYSE: BBV). ... BEA Systems, Inc. ... BenQ Corporation (IPA: ; Chinese: ) is a Taiwanese company specializing in the manufacturing of computing, communications, and consumer electronics devices. ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Area in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia, with a population of 21,000. ... Bic Corporation is a company based in Clichy, France, founded in 1945, best known for making inexpensive disposable products including cigarette lighters, magnets, ballpoint pens, and shaving razors. ... Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK) is a corporation based in Towson, Maryland, that is best known for power tools and home appliances. ... Blaupunkt (German for blue dot) is a German electronic equipment manufacturer, noted for their home and car audio equipment, that is part of Robert Bosch GmbH. Founded in 1923 in Berlin as Ideal, the company changed its name to Blaupunkt in 1938, named after the unique blue dot painted onto... In-ear headphones Headphones (also known as earphones, stereophones, headsets, or the slang term cans) is a transducer that receives an electrical signal from a media player or receiver and uses speakers placed in close proximity to the ears (hence the name earphone) to convert the signal into audible sound... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing. ... This article is about the energy corporation. ... BRAC, formerly known as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, is a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh. ... Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ... Brine, Corp. ... New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. ... Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or, informally, as Bull) is a French computer company based in Paris. ... Norwegian engineer Fredrik Rosing Bull (1882–1925) was the inventor/designer of improved punched card machines, based on which resulting patents French multinational computer corporation Groupe Bull was founded in 1931. ... Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two stroke single cylinder motorcycles from 1958 to 1983. ...

C

CA — Computer Associates was founded in 1976 as Computer Associates International, Inc., by Charles Wang
C&A — named after the brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer, who founded a textile company called C&A in the Netherlands in 1841.
Cadillac — named after the 18th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan. Cadillac is a small town in the South of France.
Canon — Originally (1933) Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory the new name (1935) derived from the name of the company's first camera, the Kwanon, in turn named after the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.
Caprabo — Catalan supermarkets, founded by Carbó, Prats and Bonet.
Carrefour — chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets which started with a store near a crossroads (carrefour in French) in Annecy.
Casio — from the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao, who had set up the company Kashio Seisakujo as a subcontractor factory.
CBS — Columbia Broadcasting System
CGI Group — from the first letters of Information Management Consultant in French (Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique).
Chevrolet — named after company co-founder Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss-born auto racer. The company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name.
Chello — a Dutch internet service provider, its name was originally pronounced 'say hello' (in Dutch the letter C at the beginning of a word is pronounced as 'say'). This didn't catch on and now it is pronounced as (the string instrument) 'cello'.
Chrysler — named after the company founder, Walter P. Chrysler.
Ciba Geigy — CIBA, named from Chemical Industry Basel (after Basel in Switzerland), merged with a company named after its founder Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian. It became Novartis (below) after a merger with Sandoz.
CIGNA — CIGNA was formed in 1982 through the combination of Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Connecticut General (CG). The name is combination of the letters of the predecessor companies, CG and INA. ^[23]
Cincom — originally called United Computer Systems, which was similar to several other software and services companies of the day. Two of the three founders visited Philco (Philadelphia Company), and this inspired them to create a new company name derived from Cincinnati (where it was based) and Computer (its business).
Cisco — short for San Francisco. It has also been suggested that it was "CIS-co": Computer Information Services was the department at Stanford University where the founders worked.
Citroën — named after André-Gustave Citroën (1878-1935), a French entrepreneur of Dutch descent. He was the fifth and last child of the Dutch Jewish diamond merchant Levie Citroen and Mazra Kleinmann (of Warsaw, Poland). The Citroen family moved to Paris from Amsterdam in 1873 where the name changed to Citroën.
Coca-Cola — derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola creator John S. Pemberton changed the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.
Coleco — began as the Connecticut Leather Company.
Colgate-Palmolive — formed from a merger of soap manufacturers Colgate & Company and Palmolive-Peet. Peet was dropped in 1953. Colgate was named after William Colgate, an English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap and candle business in New York City in 1806. Palmolive was named for the two oils (Palm and Olive) used in its manufacture.
COLT — from City Of London Telecom
Comcast — from communications and broadcast.
Compaq — from computer and "pack" to denote a small integral object; or: Compatibility And Quality; or: from the company's first product, the very compact Compaq Portable.
Comsat — a contraction of communications satellites. This American digital telecommunications and satellite company was founded during the President Kennedy era to develop the technology.
ConocoPhillips — formed from the merger of Conoco (from Continental Oil Company) and the Phillips Petroleum Company.
Copersucar — Brazilian production cooperative in sugar and alcohol, its name is a contraction of Cooperativa de Açucar e Álcool.
Corel — from Cowpland Research Laboratory, after the name of the company's founder, Dr. Michael Cowpland. ^[24]
Cosworth — automotive engineering company named after company founders Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth.
CPFL — Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (São Paulo Company of Light and Power), one of the largest in Brazil, based in Campinas.
Crabtree & Evelyn — toiletry company named after gardener John Evelyn, and the tree that bears Crabapples
Cray Research — supercomputer company named after its founder, Seymour Cray.
Cromemco, Inc. — early microcomputer company in Silicon Valley (circa 1975-198?) founded by two PhD students who once lived at Stanford University's Crothers Memorial Hall (a dormitory).
Cronos — Belgian e-business integrator, founded by Jef De Wit and named after Cronus (or Kronos), the father of Zeus and his siblings (in Greek religion and mythology).
CUTCO — Cooking Utensils Company. ^[25]
CVS — Convenience Value Service.

CA, Inc. ... Charles B. Wang (çŽ‹å˜‰å»‰, pinyin: WÃ¡ng JiÃ¡liÃ¡n) (born August 19, 1944) is the founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. ... C&A Logo C & A is an international chain of clothing stores, with its head office in Brussels and Dusseldorf. ... For other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation). ... Statue of Cadillac commemorating his landing, in Detroits Hart Plaza Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 â€“ October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France. ... Cadillac is a commune of the Gironde dÃ©partement, in France. ... This region consists of the southern part of France. ... Canon Inc. ... 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Daewoo — company founder Kim Woo Chong called it Daewoo which means "Great House" or "Great Universe" in Korean.
DAF Trucks — from 1932 the company's name was Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek (Van Doorne's Trailer Factory). In 1949 the company started making trucks, trailers and buses and changed the name into Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek (Van Doorne's Automobile Factory).
Daihatsu — from Japanese Kanji, where Dai means "first" and Hatsu means "car".
Danone (Dannon in USA) — Isaac Carasso in Barcelona made his first yoghourts with the nickname of his first son Daniel (DAN-ONE)
Datsun — first called DAT, from the initials of its financiers Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi. Soon changed to DATSON to imply a smaller version of their original car, then (as SON can means "loss" in Japanese) again to DATSUN when they were acquired by Nissan.
Debian — project founder Ian Murdock named it after himself and his girlfriend, Debra.
DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering American minicomputer manufacturer founded by Ken Olsen and taken over by Compaq, before Compaq was merged into Hewlett-Packard (HP). It was generally called DEC ("deck"), but later tried to rebrand itself as Digital.
DEKA — named after its founder Dean Kamen, developer of the Segway, iBOT, HomeChoice Dialysis and other products.
Delhaize — named after its founders, Jules Delhaize and his brothers, who originated from Charleroi (Belgium). They opened the first European self-service "supermarket" in Elsene, near Brussels.
Dell — named after its founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.
Denning & Fourcade, Inc. — interior designer company named after its founders Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade in 1960.
Denvia Reality, Inc. — real estate holding company named after its founders Robert Denning and Edgar de Evia
DHL — named after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn.
Digikey — electronic component distributor whose name is derived from founder Dr. Ronald Stordahl's amateur radio telegraphic keyer, the "IC Keyer Kit", which utilized digital integrated circuits.
Dixons — commonly-used abbreviation for DSG International plc (Dixons Stores Group), a UK-based retailer. The company was founded in 1937 by Charles Kalms and Michael Mindel. When opening their first photographic shop in Southend, they only had room for six letters on the fascia, and chose the name Dixons from the phone book.
DKNY — Donna Karan New York.
Dow — named after its founder, Herbert Henry Dow.
Duane Reade — named after Duane and Reade Streets in lower Manhattan, where the first store was located.
Dynegy — the Natural Gas Clearinghouse changed its name in 1998 to reflect its self-described traits as a dynamic energy company. "Dynergy" had already been taken by a German health foods company.

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EA Games — EA is from Electronic Arts. The company was founded in May 1982 as Amazin' Software and changed its name to Electronic Arts in October the same year.
eBay — Pierre Omidyar, who had created the Auction Web trading website, had formed a web consulting concern called Echo Bay Technology Group. "Echo Bay" didn't refer to the town in Nevada, "It just sounded cool", Omidyar reportedly said. Echo Bay Mines Limited, a gold mining company, had already taken EchoBay.com, so Omidyar registered what (at the time) he thought was the second best name: eBay.com.
ECCO — Founder Karl Toosbuy liked simple company names, and by re-mixing the letters of Coke, he ended with Ecko - with the "k" replaced with a c for simplicity.
Edumed — Education in Medicine, reflecting its first area of activity, distance education in medicine
EDS — Electronic Data Systems, founded in 1962 by former IBM salesman Ross Perot. According to the company history:^[26] "He chose Electronic Data Systems from potential names he scribbled on a pledge envelope during a service at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas."
Eidos — named from a Greek word meaning "species". The company became well known for its Tomb Raider series of games.
Eletropaulo — One of the largest Brazilian companies in electricity generation and distribution, its name derives from Companhia de Eletricidade de São Paulo.
ELF — French oil company, its name is an abbreviation of Essence et Lubrifiants de France (Oil and Lubricants from France).
EMBRAER — Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, its name is an abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Brazilian Aeronautics Enterprise).
EMBRAPA — Brazilian state agricultural research and development company, its name is an abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária.
EMBRATEL — an abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações. Brazil's largest telecommunications company, it was a state monopoly until 1992 when it was privatized and sold to MCI, then later resold to Telmex.
EMC Corporation — named from the initials of the founders, Richard Egan and Roger Marino. There has long been a rumor that another partner provided the third letter (C). Other reports indicate the C stands for Company. EMC adopted the EMC² notation to refer to Einstein's famous equation, E = mc².
Emporis — Empor comes from the German and means "aloft, rising". One of the world's largest providers of data concerning buildings.
ESPN — Entertainment and Sports Programmming Network
ESRI — Environmental Systems Research Institute, the first geographic information system (GIS) software company founded by Jack and Laura Dangermond in Redlands, California, in 1969
Epson — Epson Seiko Corporation, the Japanese printer and peripheral manufacturer, was named from "Son of Electronic Printer"
Esso — the enunciation of the initials S.O. in Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Exxon — a name contrived by Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey) in the early 1970s to create a neutral but distinctive label for the company. Within days, Exxon was being called the "double cross company" but this eventually subsided. (Esso is a trademark of ExxonMobil.) Esso had to change its name in the USA because of restrictions dating to the 1911 Standard Oil antitrust decision.

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F

FÁS — abbreviation for Foras Áiseanna Saothair.
Fair Isaac Corporation — named after founders Bill Fair and Earl Isaac.
FatWire — named to imply faster information transfer than is provided by regular wires.
Fazer — Finnish food company named after its founder, Karl Fazer.
FCUK — French Connection United Kingdom.
FedEx — abbreviation of Federal Express Corporation, the company's original name.^[27]
Fegime — abbreviation for "Fédération Européenne des Grossistes Indépendants" (European Federation of Independent Electrical Wholesalers).
Ferrari — from the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari.
Fiat — acronym of Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Factory of Cars of Turin)
Finnair — from "Finland" and "air". Originally called "Aero Osakeyhtiö", which led to its international flight code, "AY".
Firestone — named after its founder, Harvey Firestone.
Fluke — named after its founder, John Fluke, Sr.
Ford Motor Company — named after its founder, Henry Ford, who introduced automobile mass production in 1914.
FranklinCovey — named after Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Covey. The company was formed from the 1997 merger of FranklinQuest and the Covey Leadership Center.
Frog — acronym for Free Ranging On Grid, AGV technology manufacturer.
Fuji — named after Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.

An Foras Ãiseanna Saothair, commonly known as FÃS - the Training and Employment Authority, is a state agency in the Republic of Ireland, with responsibility for assisting those seeking employment. ... An Foras Ãiseanna Saothair, commonly known as FÃS - the Training and Employment Authority, is a state agency in the Republic of Ireland, with responsiblity for assisting those seeking employment. ... Founded in 1956 by engineer Bill Fair and mathematician Earl Isaac, Fair Isaac Corporation NYSE: FIC provides consulting services and decision management systems. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fazer is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food and confectionery industry. ... Karl Otto Fazer (b. ... The French Connection. ... Federal Express redirects here. ... Fegime is an abbreviation for Fédération Européenne des Grossistes Indépendants en Matériel Electrique (European Federation of Independent Electrical Wholesalers) External links Fegime international homepage short description of Fegime (German language) ... Ferrari Enzo. ... For the automobile named after this man, see Enzo Ferrari (car). ... Fiat S.p. ... Finnair is Finlands largest airline and the flag carrier. ... OsakeyhtiÃ¶, directly translated as share corporation, is the Finnish equivalent of Limited company (Ltd or LLC) or Gesellschaft mit beschrÃ¤nkter Haftung (GmbH). ... The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. ... Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century. ... Fluke Corporation is a world-wide industrial company that mostly focuses on industrial testing equipment including electronic test equipment. ... â€œFordâ€ redirects here. ... Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 â€“ April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC), based in West Valley City, Utah, is a provider of time management training and assessment services for organizations and individuals. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 â€“ April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Stephen R. Covey on the cover of his audio book Beyond The 7 Habits Stephen R. Covey (born October 24, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the author of the international best selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989. ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. ...

G

Garmin — named after its founders, Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao.
Gartner — named after its founder, Gideon Gartner, who left the firm in 1992 to start Giga (named from Gideon Gartner).
GCap Media — named after the merger of the GWR Group and Capital Radio Group in May 2005.
Genentech — from Genetic Engineering Technology.
GEICO — from Government Employees Insurance Company
Glaxo — a dried milk company set up in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand, by Joseph Edward Nathan. The company wanted to use the name "Lacto" but it was similar to some already in use. Glaxo evolved and was registered on 27 October 1906.
GlaxoSmithKline — 2000 merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham
Glock GmbH — named after its founder, Gaston Glock.
Google — a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.
Grey Global Group — an advertising and marketing agency supposed to have derived its name from the colour of the walls of its first office.
Grundig — named after its founder, radio dealer-turned-manufacturer Max Grundig, in 1945.
Gulfstream Aerospace — named after the Gulf Stream current that starts in the Gulf of Mexico and crosses the Atlantic. The company traces its origins to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, which was sold and renamed in 1985.

Garmin Ltd. ... Gartner, Inc. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ... GWR Group was a British radio company, until its merger with Capital Radio Group in May 2005 to form the new company GCap Media. ... Capital Radios headquarters Capital Radio was, until May 2005, a London-based British radio group. ... Genentech, Inc. ... The Government Employees Insurance Company, usually known by the acronym GEICO, is an American auto insurance company. ... GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc is a pharmaceutical and healthcare company, one of the largest in the world. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK NYSE: GSK) is a British based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company. ... GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc is a pharmaceutical and healthcare company, one of the largest in the world. ... GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc is a pharmaceutical and healthcare company, one of the largest in the world, in fact the second largest pharmaceutical company. ... Glock is an Austrian weapons manufacturer (named after the founder Gaston Glock) founded in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, near Vienna, Austria. ... Gaston Glock (1929- ) is an Austrian engineer, and founder of GLOCK. In 2005, Gaston Glock was ranked number 43 on a list of the 100 wealthiest Austrains in the Austrian economy magazine Trend. ... This article is about the corporation. ... Not to be confused with Google, the Internet company, and Nikolai Gogol, the author. ... Grey Global Group is a New York City-based global advertising and marketing agency. ... Grundig AG was a West German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment. ... Max Grundig was the founder of electronics company Grundig AG. He was born on 7 May, 1908, and was raised by his parents in Nuremberg, Germany. ... Gulfstream G200 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of private jets. ... For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ... The Grumman logo The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. ...

H

Haier — Chinese 海 "sea" and 尔 (a transliteration character; also means "you" in Literary Chinese)
H&M — named from Hennes & Mauritz. In 1947, Swedish businessman Erling Persson established Hennes, a ladies' clothing store, in Västerås, Sweden. "Hennes" is Swedish for "hers". In 1968, Persson bought the Stockholm premises and inventory of a hunting equipment store called Mauritz Widforss. The inventory included a collection of men's clothing, which prompted Persson to expand into menswear.
Haribo — from the name of the founder and the German home town of the company: Hans Riegel, Bonn
Harman Kardon — named after its founders Dr. Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon
Harpo Productions — production company founded by Oprah Winfrey. Harpo is Oprah backwards.
Hasbro — founded by Henry and Helal Hassenfeld, the Hassenfeld Brothers.
HCL — Hindustan Computers Ltd, Indian software company founded by Shiv Nadar.
Hess Corporation — named after its founder Leon Hess
HP — Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Hitachi — old place name, literally "sunrise"
HMV — from "His Master's Voice", which appeared in 1899 as the title of a painting of Nipper, a Jack Russell terrier, listening to a gramophone.
Hoechst — from the name of a district in Frankfurt
Honda — from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda
Honeywell — from the name of Mark Honeywell, founder of Honeywell Heating Specialty Co. It later merged with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company and was finally called Honeywell Inc. in 1963.
Hospira — the name, selected by the company’s employees, is derived from the words hospital, spirit, inspire and the Latin word spero, which means hope. It expresses the hope and optimism that are critical in the healthcare industry.
Hotmail — Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "HTML" — the markup language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing. (If you click on Hotmail's 'mail' tab, you will still find "HoTMaiL" in the URL.)
H&R Block — after the founders, brothers Henry W. and Richard Bloch (with "Bloch" changed to "Block" to avoid mispronunciation)
HSBC — Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Hyundai — connotes the sense of "the present age" or "modernity" in Korean.

Haier (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a producer of household appliances (white goods), including air conditioners, laptops, refrigerators, etc. ... Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system. ... Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese (文言, pinyin: wényán, literal meaning: literary language or 古文, literal: ancient written language) is a traditional style of written Chinese prose using grammar and vocabulary very different from any modern spoken form of Chinese. ... For the former railroad, see Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. ... HARIBO production site in Uzes, France HARIBO is a confectionery producer, founded in 1920 in Germany by Hans Riegel Sr. ... Historic Town Hall of Bonn (view from the market square). ... A Harman Kardon PC speaker Harman Kardon, a division of Harman International Industries (NYSE: HAR), is a manufacturer of home and car audio equipment. ... The sign in front of Oprah Winfreys Chicago based Harpo Studios. ... Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is an American toy and game company. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) is an integrated oil company based in New York City. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... William R. Hewlett (May 20, 1913 - January 12, 2001) was the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett_Packard Company (HP). ... David Packard (September 7, 1912 - March 26, 1996) was a cofounder of Hewlett-Packard. ... It has been suggested that Hitachi Works be merged into this article or section. ... His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ... Hoechst AG was a company focusing on life sciences, specifically pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and animal health. ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... Soichiro Honda (æœ¬ç”° å®—ä¸€éƒŽ, Honda SÅichirÅ, November 17, 1906 â€“ August 5, 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co. ... Honeywell Heating Specialties Company Stock Certificate dated 1924 signed by Mark C. Honeywell - courtesy of Scripophily. ... Mark Charles Honeywell (December 29, 1874-1964) was a U.S. electronics industrialist; founder & eponym of Honeywell, Incorporated; 1st pres. ... Hospira, Inc. ... Hotmail is a free webmail e-mail service, which is accessible via a web browser. ... Jack Smith, along with Sabeer Bhatia, founded the web-based free e-mail service Hotmail, in 1995. ... Sabeer Bhatia (à¤¸à¤¬à¥€à¤° à¤à¤¾à¤Ÿà¤¿à¤¯à¤¾) is a co-founder of Hotmail and an entrepreneur. ... For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). ... HTML, short for Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. ... H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) is the leading tax preparation company in the United States, and claims more than 22 million customers worldwide, with offices in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see HSBC (disambiguation). ... The Hyundai Group, founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate (chaebol). ...

I

IBM — named by Tom (Thomas John) Watson Sr, an ex-employee of National Cash Register (NCR Corporation). To one-up them in all respects, he called his company International Business Machines.
ICL — abbreviation for International Computers Ltd, once the UK's largest computer company but now a service arm of Fujitsu, of Japan.
IG Farben — Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG was so named because the constituent German companies produced dyestuffs among many other chemical compounds. The consortium is most known today for its central participation in the World War II Holocaust, as it made the Zyklon B gas used in the gas chambers.
Iiyama — manufacturer of monitors and TVs named after the Japanese city, Iiyama.
IKEA — a composite of the first letters in the Swedish founder Ingvar Kamprad's name in addition to the first letters of the names of the property and the village in which he grew up: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
Inbev — the name was created after the merger of the Belgian company Interbrew with Brazilian Ambev
Inditex — a Spanish group named from Industria de diseño textil.
Infineon Technologies — derived from Infinity and Aeon. The name was given to Siemens's Semiconductor branch (called Siemens HL or Siemens SC/SSC) when it was spun off.
Ingenico — electronic payment device manufacturer based in Paris and named from the French Ingenieux Compagnie (Ingenious Company).
Intel — Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore initially incorporated their company as N M Electronics. Someone suggested Moore Noyce Electronics but it sounded too close to "more noise" — not a good choice for an electronics company! Later, Integrated Electronics was proposed but it had already been taken, so they used the initial syllables (INTegrated ELectronics). To avoid potential conflicts with other companies with similar names, Intel purchased the name rights for $15,000 from a company called Intelco. (Source: Intel 15 Years Corporate Anniversary Brochure)
Ittiam Systems — an Indian company named from the famous philosophical dictum from René Descartes: "I think therefore I am" (Cogito, ergo sum). ^[28]

For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a technology company specializing in solutions for the retail and financial industries. ... International Computers Ltd, or ICL, was a large British computer hardware company that operated from 1968 until 2002, when it was renamed Fujitsu Services Limited after its parent company, Fujitsu. ... International Computers Ltd, or ICL, was a large British computer hardware company that operated from 1968 until 2002, when it was renamed Fujitsu Services Limited after its parent company, Fujitsu. ... IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG) was a German conglomerate of companies formed in 1925 and even earlier during World War I. IG Farben held nearly a total monopoly on the chemical production, later during the time of Nazi Germany. ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Zyklon B label — Note that “Gift” translates as “poison” Zyklon B was the tradename of a pesticide ultimately used by Nazi Germany in some Holocaust gas chambers. ... Gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison A gas chamber is a means of execution whereby a poisonous gas is introduced into a hermetically sealed chamber. ... Categories: Cities in Nagano Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Map of countries with IKEA stores. ... (born March 30, 1926) is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA. As of 2007 he is the richest person in Europe and the 4th richest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around US$33... InBev (Euronext: INB, NYSE: ABV) is the largest beer company in the industry. ... Interbrew was a large Belgium-based brewing company which owned many internationally known beers, as well as some smaller local beers. ... AmBev is the biggest private industry of consumer goods in Brazil and the biggest brewery in Latin America. ... Inditex, Industrias de DiseÃ±o Textil, S.A., (IBEX-35:ITX), or (Textil Design Industries, Inc. ... Infineon Technologies AG (ISIN: DE0006231004, FWB: IFX, NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. ... Siemens redirects here. ... Ingenico S.A. (Euronext: INGENICO) is a world-wide company, whose business is to provide the technology involved in secure electronic transactions. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... This article is about the engineering discipline. ... Ittiam Systems is a company developing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Systems. ... Descartes redirects here. ... René Descartes (1596-1650) The Latin phrase cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) is possibly the single best-known philosophical statement and is attributed to René Descartes. ...

J

Jägermeister — German for Hunt Master.
JAL — from Japan Airlines
Jat Airways — founded in 1927 as "Aeroput" (Airway in Serbian). From 1947, it was known as JAT (Jugoslovenski Aero Transport). After the break-up of the former Yugoslavia (and after Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro), the company kept the name, Jat, but not as an abbreviation.
JBL — from James B Lansing, an electronics designer
Johnson & Johnson — Originally a partnership between brothers James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson in 1885, the addition of brother Robert Wood Johnson I led to formal incorporation as Johnson & Johnson in 1887.
JVC — Japan Victor Company
Juntec Corporation — from Japanese founder name Junichi Hamahata Technology
JT Alarms John Tannous Alarms in 2000

JÃ¤germeister is a 35% liqueur flavored with herbs. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Jat Airways is the national airline of Serbia and the former national carrier of Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade. ... For professional wrestler John Bradshaw Layfield, see John Layfield. ... Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. ... Victor Company of Japan, Limited ) (TYO: 6792 ), usually referred to as JVC, is an international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927. ...

K

Kawasaki — from the name of its founder, Shozo Kawasaki
KFC — short for Kentucky Fried Chicken. It is popularly believed that the company adopted the abbreviated name in 1991 to avoid the unhealthy connotations of the word 'fried'. The rumor that it was because the Commonwealth of Kentucky trademarked the name "Kentucky" is false. Recent commercials have tried to imply that the abbreviation stands for "Kitchen Fresh Chicken".
Kenwood Manufacturing Co. — named after Kenneth (Ken) Wood, who founded this kitchenware company as Woodlau Industries in the UK in 1947. It is not related to Kenwood Electronics, which started as Kasuga Radio Co in Japan in 1946 and became Trio Corporation in 1960.
Kenworth Truck Company — Kenworth Truck Company was formed in 1923 and is named after the two principal stockholders Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington.
Kia Motors — the name "Kia" (起亞) roughly translates as "Rising from Asia" in Hanja.
Kinko's — from the college nickname of founder, Paul Orfalea. He was called Kinko because he had curly red hair. The company was bought by FedEx for $2.4 billion in 2004.
Kodak — Both the Kodak camera and the name were the invention of founder George Eastman. The letter "K" was a favourite with Eastman; he felt it a strong and incisive letter. He tried out various combinations of words starting and ending with "K". He saw three advantages in the name. It had the merits of a trademark word, would not be mis-pronounced and the name did not resemble anything in the art. There is a misconception that the name was chosen because of its similarity to the sound produced by the shutter of the camera.
Komatsu — Japanese construction vehicle manufacturer named from the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, where it was founded in 1917.
Konica — it was earlier known as Konishiroku Kogaku. Konishiroku in turn is the short for Konishiya Rokubeiten which was the first name of the company established by Rokusaburo Sugiura in the 1850s.
Korg — named from the surnames of the founders, Tsutomu Katoh and Tadashi Osanai, combined with the letters "rg" from the word organ.
Kroger — American supermarket chain named after its founder, Barney Kroger
Kyocera — from Kyoto Ceramics, after Kyoto in Japan.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... KFC (full name Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ... First established by entrepreneur Kenneth Wood in 1947, Kenwood started life as Woodlau Industries before changing its name to Kenwood shortly afterwards. ... Kenwood Corporation ) (TYO: 6765 ) is a Japanese manufacturer of amateur radio as well as Hi-Fi and portable audio equipment. ... The Kenworth Bug on the new T660 Kenworth is a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks based in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. ... â€œKiaâ€ redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... Kinkos is a store that provides professional printing, copying, and binding services. ... Paul Orfalea, nicknamed Kinko because of his curly red hair, founded the copy-chain Kinkos. ... Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a large multinational public company producing photographic equipment. ... A 1954 U.S. stamp featuring George Eastman. ... Komatsu Limited (formally æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾å°æ¾è£½ä½œæ‰€, commonly ã‚³ãƒžãƒ„) (TYO: 6301) is a Japanese company on the Nikkei 225 index that manufactures construction and mining equipment, silicon wafers, lasers, and thermoelectric modules. ... Konica ) was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers. ... For comic book character, see Korg (comics). ... Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Kyocera Corporation ) (TYO: 6971 , NYSE: KYO) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. ...

L

Lada — from the name of a Slavic goddess, and used as a trading name by Russian automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ (АВТОВАЗ in Russian). VAZ is derived from Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod.
Lancôme — began in 1935, when its founder, Armand Petitjean, was exploring the ruins of a castle, Le Chateau de Lancôme (Loir-et-Cher) while vacationing in the French countryside. Petitjean's inspiration for the company's symbol, a rose, was the many wild roses growing around the castle.
LCL — from Le Crédit Lyonnais. The name change occurred after the bank was involved in a major financial scandal where evidence disappeared in a mysterious fire.
LEGO — combination of the Danish "leg godt", which means to "play well". ^[29] Lego also means "I put together" in Latin, but LEGO Group claims this is only a coincidence and the etymology of the word is entirely Danish. Years before the little plastic brick was invented, LEGO manufactured wooden toys.
Lenovo Group — a portmanteau of "Le-" (from former name Legend) and "novo", pseudo-Latin for "new".
Level 3 Communications — is a reference to the "network layer" of the OSI model.
LG — from the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar. (In Mexico, publicists explained the name change as an abbreviation to Línea Goldstar, Spanish for Goldstar Line)
Lionbridge — the word "localisation", which is the service this company offers, is often shortened to L10N. That is the first letter of the word and the last letter of the word, with 10 letters missing in between, hence L 10 N, which looks like lion. Bridge is the second part of the word as translation 'bridges' gap between people and markets that do not have a common language.
Lionhead Studios — games studio named after Mark Webley's pet hamster, which died a week before the company was founded.^[30] Webley worked for Bullfrog, and co-founded Lionhead with Peter Molyneux, Tim Rance and Steve Jackson in July 1997. Microsoft bought the company in April 2006.
Lockheed Martin — Aerospace manufacturer, a combination of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta, which is a combination of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation.
LoJack — "LoJack" (the stolen-vehicle recovery system) is a pun on the word "hijack" (to steal a vehicle).
Longines — In 1862 the new company "Ancienne Maison Auguste Agassiz, Ernest Francillon, Successeur" was born. At that time watchmaking in the area used the skills of people working outside the "comptoir d'établissage", often at home. In 1866 Ernest Francillon bought two plots of land on the right bank of the river Suze at the place called "Les Longines" and brought all of the watchmaking skills under one roof. This was the first "Longines factory".
Lonsdale — boxing equipment manufacturer named after the Lonsdale belt, a boxing trophy donated by the English Lord Lonsdale.
L'Oréal — In 1907, Eugène Schueller, a young French chemist, developed an innovative hair-color formula. He called his improved hair dye Auréole.
LOT — LOT Polish Airlines. "Lot" in Polish means "flight".
Lotus Software — Mitch Kapor named his company after the Lotus Position or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation technique as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Lucent Technologies — a spin-off from AT&T, it was named Lucent (meaning "luminous" or "glowing with light") because "light as a metaphor for visionary thinking reflected the company's operating and guiding business philosophy", according to the Landor Associates staff who chose the name. ^[31] It was taken over by Alcatel to form Alcatel-Lucent in 2006.
Lycos — from Lycosidae, the family of wolf spiders.

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Lenovo Group Limited, (SEHK: 0992) is today the fourth largest personal computer manufacturer in the world, and the largest in the Asia-Pacific region as of 2006. ... A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Not to be confused with L-3 Communications, a communications system company formed from the assets of the former Loral and Lockheed corporations before their merger. ... The network layer is third layer out of seven in OSI model and it is the third layer out of five in TCP/IP model. ... The Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (OSI Reference Model or OSI Model for short) is a layered, abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design, developed as part of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) initiative. ... LG can refer to a number of things: LG Group, a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate. ... Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. ... Lionhead Studios is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and acquired by Microsoft Game Studios in April 2006. ... Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming. ... Peter at the University of Southampton Peter Molyneux OBE (born 5 May 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a computer game designer and game programmer, responsible for well known God games Populous and Black & White, among others, as well as Business Strategy games such as Theme Park and most recently... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. ... Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of The Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... LoJack is a popular device, installed in some cars, that allows them to be tracked after being stolen. ... Longines is a watch company founded by Ernest Francillon at Saint-Imier, Switzerland. ... Lonsdale is a clothing company founded in London, England in 1960, producing boxing equipment before branching out into sports and fashion clothing. ... The LOrÃ©al Group Euronext: FR0000120321, headquartered in the Paris suburb of Clichy, France, is the worlds largest cosmetics and beauty company. ... Lot is: Place Specific - A French dÃ©partement, see Lot (dÃ©partement) A French river, a tributary of the Garonne, see Lot River A Belgian town, see Lot, Belgium A Polish Airline, see LOT Polish Airlines Character Specific - A Biblical figure, the nephew of Abraham, see Lot (Biblical) Lot, a... Lotus Software (called Lotus Development Corporation before its acquisition by IBM) is an American software company with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Mitch Kapor Mitch Kapor (center) with Bill Gates and Fred Gibbons, during their time working on developing applications for the Apple Macintosh, 1984 Mitchell David Kapor (born 1950) is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the killer application often credited with making... Kodo Sawaki in lotus position practices meditation in Zen The first pictorial representation of the lotus position is seen in the ancient Indian depiction of Shiva as Pashupati, Lord of Beasts, in Harappa The lotus position (Sanskrit: Padmasanam -- lotus posture) is a cross-legged sitting posture which originated in representations... On September 30, 1996, AT&T spun off its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc. ... Lycos is an Internet search engine and web portal. ... Diversity 107 genera, 2320 species Genera Adelocosa Alopecosa Arctosa Geolycosa Hogna Lycosa Pardosa Pirata Sosippus Trochosa many more Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, so named because their method of hunting is to run down their prey. ...

M

Maggi — food company named after its founder, Julius Maggi. It was taken over by Nestlé in 1947 and survives as a brand name.
MAN — abbreviation for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (Augsburg-Nuremberg Machine Company). The MAN company is a German engineering works and truck manufacturer.
Mandriva — new company formed from the merger of Mandrake Linux and Connectiva Linux
Manhattan Associates — named from Manhattan Beach, California, where the company was founded, before it moved to Atlanta, Georgia.
Manugistics— Manufacturing + Logistics, a supplier of supply chain optimization software.
Mars, Inc — named after Frank C. Mars and his wife, Ethel, who started making candy in 1911. Their son, Forrest E. Mars, joined with Bruce Murrie, the son of a Hershey executive, to form M&M Ltd (from Mars & Murrie). Forrest took over the family business after his father's death and merged the two companies in 1964. After retiring from Mars, Inc., in 1993, Forrest founded Ethel M. Chocolates, named after his mother.
Masco Corporation — from the names of the founder Alex Manoogian, Screw and Company. Masco Screw Products Co. was founded in 1929
Mattel — a portmanteau of the founders names Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler.
Mazda Motor Corporation — the company was founded as Toyo Kogyo, started manufacturing Mazda brand cars in 1931, and changed its name to Mazda in 1984. The cars were supposedly named after Ahura Mazda, the chief deity of the Zoroastrians, though many think this explanation was created after the fact, to cover up what is simply a poor anglicized version of the founders name, Jujiro Matsuda. This theory is supported by the fact that the company is referred to only as "Matsuda" in Japan.
MBNA — originally a subsidiary of Maryland National Corporation, MBNA once stood for Maryland Bank, NA (NA itself standing for National Association, a federal designation representing the bank's charter). MBNA is not an acronym for anything.
McDonald's — from the name of the brothers Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald, who founded the first McDonald's restaurant in 1940.
MCI Communications — Microwave Communications, Inc. The company later merged with Worldcom to create MCI Worldcom. The MCI was dropped in 2000 and the acquiring company changed its name to MCI when it emerged from bankruptcy in 2003.
Mercedes — from the first name of the daughter of Emil Jellinek, who distributed cars of the early Daimler company around 1900.
Merillat Industries — named after Orville D. Merillat, who founded the company in 1946.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — Film studio formed from the merger of three other companies: Metro Picture Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Goldwyn Picture Corporation in turn was named after the last names of Samuel Goldfish, and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn.
MFI — from Mullard Furniture Industries. The original company was named after the founder's wife, whose maiden name was Mullard.
Microlins — from Microcomputers and Lins, a Brazilian city where the company was founded by José Carlos Semenzato
Micron Technology — computer memory producer named after the microscopic parts of its products. It is now better known by its consumer brand name: Crucial.
Microsoft — coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to microcomputer software. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' disappeared on 3/2/1987 with the introduction of a new corporate identity and logo. The "slash between the 'o' and 's' [in the Microsoft logo] emphasizes the "soft" part of the name and conveys motion and speed."^{[citation needed]}
Midway Games — derived from the name of an airport on the southwestern part of Chicago.
Mincom Limited — Mincom was founded in Brisbane, Australia in 1979. Currently the largest software company in Australia and the fourth oldest ERP company globally. The company initially created software to specifically assist mining companies and the name Mining 'computing.
Minolta — Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1928 as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shōten (日独写真機商店; literally: Japan-Germany camera shop). It was not until 1934 that the name Minolta first appeared on a camera, the Minolta Vest.
MIPS — originally stood for Microprocessor without Interlocking Pipeline Stages. When interlocks where added to a later implementation, the name was redefined to not be an acronym but just a name. (The name also connotes computer speed, by association with the acronym for millions of instructions per second.)
Mitel — from Mike and Terry's Lawnmowers, after the founders Michael Cowpland (see also: Corel) and Terry Matthews, and the company's original business plan.
MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment (however The MITRE Corporation asserts that its name is not an acronym)
Mitsubishi — the name Mitsubishi (三菱) has two parts: mitsu means three and hishi (changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape). Hence, the three diamond logo. (Note that "diamond" in this context refers only to the rhombus shape, not to the precious gem.)
Morningstar, Inc. — The name Morningstar is taken from the last sentence in Walden, a book by Henry David Thoreau; "the sun is but a morning star"
Motorola — Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company (at the time, Galvin Manufacturing Company) started manufacturing radios for cars. Many audio equipment makers of the era used the "ola" ending for their products, most famously the "Victrola" phonograph made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. The name was meant to convey the idea of "sound" and "motion". It became so widely recognized that the company later adopted it as the company name.
Mozilla Foundation — from the name of the web browser that preceded Netscape Navigator. When Marc Andreesen, co-founder of Netscape, created a browser to replace the Mosaic browser, it was internally named Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) by Jamie Zawinski.^[32]
MVC — from Music and Video Club, the name of a UK-based entertainment chain.
MRF — from Madras Rubber Factory, founded by K M Mammen Mappillai in 1946. He started with a toy-balloon manufacturing unit at Tiruvottiyur, Chennai (then called Madras). In 1952 he began manufacturing tread-rubber and, in 1961, tyres.

Poster ad by Firmin Bouisset Maggi sauce. ... Photograph of a nude man by Wilhelm von Gloeden, ca. ... Mandriva (merger of Mandrakesoft, Lycoris, and Conectiva) is a French software company, and creator of Mandriva Linux. ... Aecis Mr. ... Manugistics is a software application for resource planning and supply chain management, in use in corporations in the North America, UK and Ireland. ... Mars Incorporated is a world-wide manufacturer of confectionery with $18 billion (USD) in annual sales (2005). ... Masco Corporation is a Fortune 500 company. ... Mattel headquarters in El Segundo Mattel Inc. ... A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ahura Mazda () is the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator, hence God. ... MBNA logo, 2004-2006 MBNA Corporation was a bank holding company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, prior to being acquired by Bank of America in 2005. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants[1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... Richard Dick McDonald (February 16, 1909 - July 14, 1998) and his brother Maurice (Mac), started the McDonalds Corporation. ... Richard Dick J. McDonald (February 16, 1909 â€“ July 14, 1998) and Maurice Mac McDonald (November 26, 1902 â€“ December 11, 1971) were two early American fast food pioneers, originally from Manchester, New Hampshire, who established the first McDonalds restaurant in 1940. ... MCIs original corporate logo MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony. ... For a time, WorldCom (WCOM) was the United States second largest long distance phone company (AT&T was the largest). ... MCI logo MCI, Inc. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Emil Jellinek Emil Jellinek, known after 1903 as Emil Jellinek-Mercedes (6 April 1853 â€“ 1 January 1918) was a wealthy European entrepreneur who sat on the board of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) between 1900 and 1909. ... Merillat Industries was founded in Adrian, Michigan as an American manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in 1946 by Orville D. Merillat. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using a combination of both last names to create the name. ... Samuel Goldwyn (July 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879 [1]) â€“ 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer, also a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... MFI may mean: a United Kingdom furniture retailer: MFI Furniture Group plc MalmÃ¶ Flyg Industri, see Saab MFI13 Maquis Forces International is The 1st completely Internet based Star Trek (R) fan organization, based on the renegade faction seen on various episodes of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Microlins is a Brazilian educational franchise chain, the second largest of its kind in the country, with almost 700 schools in more than 500 cities, and almost half a million students (data of June 2007). ... Lins is a municipality/county in the western part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. ... JosÃ© Carlos Semenzato (b. ... Micron Technology (Micron) NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Minolta was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photo-copiers, fax machines and laser printers. ... A MIPS R4400 microprocessor made by Toshiba. ... Mitel is a high-tech company specializing in the sale of voice communication equipment for business. ... This article is about the ceremonial head-dress; see also mitre (disambiguation). ... For information on Mitsubishi brand computer monitors, see NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. ... Morningstar, Inc. ... 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Nabisco — formerly The National Biscuit Company, changed in 1971 to Nabisco.
NCR Corporation — from National Cash Register.
Nero — Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome.
Nestlé — named after its founder, Henri Nestlé, who was born in Germany under the name "Nestle", which is German (actually, Swabian diminutive) for "bird's nest". The company logo is a bird's nest with a mother bird and two chicks.
Netscape — Originally the product name of the company's web browser ("Mosaic Communications Netscape Web Navigator"). The company adopted the product name after the University of Illinois threatened to sue for trademark infringement over the use of the Mosaic name.
Nike — named for the Greek goddess of victory.
Nikon — the original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese Optical".
Nintendo — Nintendo is the transliteration of the company's Japanese name, nintendou (任天堂). The first two (nin-ten) can be translated to "entrusted to heaven"; dou is a common ending meaning "hall" or "store".
Nissan — the company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means "Japanese industry".
Nokia — started as a wood-pulp mill, the company expanded into producing rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia. The company later adopted the city's name.
Nortel Networks — named from Nortel (Northern Telecom) and Bay Networks. The company was originally spun off from the Bell Telephone Company of Canada Ltd in 1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing, and traded as Northern Electric from 1914 to 1976.
Novartis — after the Latin expression "novae artes" which means something like "new skills".
Novell — Novell, Inc. was earlier Novell Data Systems co-founded by George Canova. The name was suggested by George's wife who mistakenly thought that "Novell" meant new in French. (Nouvelle is the feminine form of the French adjective 'Nouveau'. Nouvelle as a noun in French is 'news'.)

Nabisco logo Nabisco is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Premium Crackers, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, and Chicken in a Biskit. ... NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a technology company specializing in solutions for the retail and financial industries. ... Nero AG is a German software company based in Karlsbad, Germany. ... Nero Burning ROM is a popular optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Linux by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software. ... This article is about the company. ... Henri NestlÃ© Henri NestlÃ©, born Heinrich Nestle (10 August 1814 â€“ 7 July 1890), was the founder of NestlÃ© S.A., the worlds largest food and beverage company, as well as one of the main creators of milk chocolate. ... A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. ... Netscape Communications Corporation was the publisher of the Netscape Navigator web browser as well as many other internet and intranet client and server software products. ... A Corner of Main Quad The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, or simply Illinois), is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious campus in the University of Illinois system. ... â€œ(TM)â€ redirects here. ... Nike, Inc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Nikon (disambiguation). ... Nintendo Company, Limited (ä»»å¤©å ‚ or ãƒ‹ãƒ³ãƒ†ãƒ³ãƒ‰ãƒ¼ NintendÅ; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Nissan Motor Co. ... This article is about the telecommunications corporation. ... Nokias harbour For the corporation, see Nokia. ... Nortel Networks Corporation TSX: NT NYSE: NT, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and now known simply as Nortel, is a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. ... Novartis Suffern Yes plant is the Swiss companys sole pharmaceutical production facility in the U.S. Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland that manufactures mainstream products such as Benefiber (a fiber supplement) and Lamisil (a foot fungus medicine). ... Novell Inc. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ...

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Oracle — Larry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner were working on a consulting project for the CIA. The code name for the project was Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or some such). The project was designed to use the newly written SQL database language from IBM. The project was eventually terminated but they decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. Later they changed the name of the company, Relational Technology Inc., to the name of the product.
Ornge — new name (2006) for Ontario Air Ambulance, chosen to reflect the orange color of its aircraft. It was intended to provide a unique branding but the ornge.com misspelling was already used by an advertising portal.
Osram — from osmium and wolfram.

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) software. ... â€œCIAâ€ redirects here. ... Consulting the Oracle by John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy An oracle is a person or persons considered to be the source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion; an infallible authority, usually spiritual in nature. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance) is the air ambulance service for the province of Ontario and for Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... General Name, Symbol, Number osmium, Os, 76 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 6, d Appearance silvery, blue cast Standard atomic weight 190. ... For other uses, see Tungsten (disambiguation). ...

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PACCAR — PACCAR used to stand for Pacific Car and Rail. The company name is no longer short for Pacific Car and Rail, however.
Pamida — US retailer founded by Jim Witherspoon and Lee Wegener, it took its name from the first two letters of the names of Witherspoon's three sons: Patrick, Michael and David
Pemex — state-owned Mexican oil/gasoline company named from Petróleos Mexicanos.
Pennzoil — formed by a merger of South Penn Oil (Penn), a former Standard Oil subsidiary, and Zapata Oil (zoil).
Pepsi — named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Petrobras — Brazilian oil company named from Petróleo and Brasil.
Philco — from the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company. The pioneering US radio and TV manufacturer was taken over by Ford and later by Philips.
Philips — Royal Philips Electronics was founded in 1891 by brothers Gerard (the engineer) and Anton (the entrepreneur) Philips.
Pixar — from pixel and the co-founder's name, Alvy Ray Smith. According to the biography "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" by Alan Deutschman, the 'el' in pixel was changed to 'ar' because 'ar' is frequently used in Spanish verbs, implying the name means "To Pix".
PMC-Sierra — PMC from Pacific Microelectronics Centre, a research arm of BC Tel, and Sierra from the company that acquired it, Sierra Semiconductor, presumably so named because of the allure of the Sierra Nevada mountains to members of a California-based company.
Porsche — car company named after Ferry Porsche, son of the founder Ferdinand Porsche, an Austrian automotive engineer. The family name may have originated in the Czech name "Boreš" (boresh).
ProfSat — Brazilian satellite-based education company, meaning Professional Sateliite.
PRS Guitars — named after its founder, Paul Reed Smith.
Psion — UK computer company named by its founder, South Africa-born Dr David Potter, from Potter Scientific Instruments Or Nothing.

PACCAR, Inc. ... Pamida is chain of department stores in the United States of America operating as a division of ShopKo Inc. ... A Pemex gas station in Puerto Vallarta PetrÃ³leos Mexicanos (PEMEX) is Mexicos state-owned, nationalized petroleum company. ... Pennzoils current version of their logo. ... Standard Oil (Esso) was a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ... For the U.S town of Zapata, see Zapata, Texas. ... Pepsi Cola is a non-alcoholic carbonated beverage produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. ... Pepsin is a digestive protease (EC 3. ... Petrobras, short for PetrÃ³leo Brasileiro S.A., is a government-owned Brazilian oil company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Åukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... A Philco 90 cathedral style radio from 1931. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... Philips HQ in Amsterdam Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands. ... Philips HQ in Amsterdam Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands. ... Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA) notable for its seven Academy Awards. ... PMC-Sierra NASDAQ: PMCS is a fabless semiconductor company which develops and sells devices into the communications, storage, printing, and embedding computing marketplaces. ... This article is about the auto company. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... ProfSat Tecnologia e EducaÃ§Ã£o Limitada is a Brazilian private company which specializes in professional education and preparatory courses using satellite video streaming technologies. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about Paul Reed Smith, a luthier. ... Psion PLC is a consumer hardware company mostly known for developing the Psion Organiser as well as a whole range of more advanced, clamshell-design Personal Digital Assistants. ...

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Q8 — the acronym for these gas stations sounds like Kuwait, that is, the letter Q followed by the number 8. It is the abbreviation for Kuwait Petroleum International Limited.
Qantas — from its original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.
Qimonda — Qimonda carries different meanings and allows associations in different languages. “Qi” stands for flowing or breathing energy, while the combination of the English word “key” and the Latin “mundus” is intuitively understood in the Western World as “key to the world”.
Quad — an acronym for Quality Unit Amplified Domestic. Quad Electroacoustics was founded in 1936 by Peter Walker, and was formerly called the Acoustical Manufacturing Company.
Quark — named after an atomic particle. The word quark originates from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
QVC — Quality, Value and Convenience

History 1938 Discovery of Oil in Kuwait 1975 Nationalisation Oil wells in Kuwait 1980 Foundation Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 1983 Foundation Kuwait Petroleum International Limited - Acquisition Gulf Oil in the Benelux, Sweden and Denmark 1984 Acquisition Gulf Oil in Italy 1986 Acquisition Ultramar in UK - Introduction of the Q8 brand 1987... History 1938 Discovery of Oil in Kuwait 1975 Nationalisation Oil wells in Kuwait 1980 Foundation Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 1983 Foundation Kuwait Petroleum International Limited - Acquisition Gulf Oil in the Benelux, Sweden and Denmark 1984 Acquisition Gulf Oil in Italy 1986 Acquisition Ultramar in UK - Introduction of the Q8 brand 1987... Qantas (Qantas Airways Limited) (IPA: ) is the name and callsign of the national airline of Australia. ... Qimonda AG (NYSE: QI), (pronounced key-MON-duh) is the new memory company split out of Infineon Technologies AG on May 1, 2006, to form the third largest DRAM company worldwide, according to the industry research firm Gartner Dataquest. ... This article is about the hi-fi manufacturer. ... Quark, Inc. ... For other uses, see Quark (disambiguation). ... For the street ballad which the novel is named after, see Finnegans Wake. ... This article is about the writer and poet. ... QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. ...

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RAND — Research ANd Development.
Raytheon — "Light of the gods". Maker of missiles such as Patriot, Maverick, Sidewinder and Tomahawk, among other military technology.
RCA — Radio Corporation of America.
Red Hat — while at college, company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) by his grandfather. People would turn to him to solve their problems and he was referred to as that guy in the red hat. He lost the cap, later the manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux had an appeal to readers (anyone finding it) to return his Red Hat.
Reebok — alternate spelling of rhebok (Pelea capreolus), an African antelope.
REO Motor Car Company — car manufacturer founded in 1904 by Ransom E. Olds, and named from its founder's initials. Later, the rock band REO Speedwagon took its name from one of its trucks, the REO Speed Wagon.
Repsol — name derived from Refinería de Petróleo de eScombreras Oil (Escombreras is an oil refinery in Cartagena, Spain) and chosen for its euphony when the, then, state-owned oil company was incorporated in 1986. Previously Repsol was a lubricating-oil trademark.
Research In Motion — from the phrase "poetry in motion", which company founder Mike Lazaridis had seen used to describe a football player.
Rickenbacker — named after co-founder Adolph Rickenbacher, with the spelling anglicised. The company started as the Electro String Instrument Corporation in 1931.
Rolls-Royce — name used by Rolls-Royce plc and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars). In 1884 Frederick Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business, making his first car, a Royce, in 1904. He was introduced to Charles Stewart Rolls on 4 May of that year, and the pair entered into a partnership in which Royce would manufacture cars to be sold exclusively by Rolls. The contract stipulated that the cars would be called Rolls-Royce.
RSA Security — formed from the first letters of the family names of its founders Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman.

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces. ... Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in defense systems and defense and commercial electronics. ... RCA, formerly an acronym for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark owned by Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson. ... Red Hat, Inc. ... Cornell redirects here. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Reebok International Limited is a British producer of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories and is currently a subsidiary of Adidas AG. The name comes from Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle. ... Binomial name Pelea capreolus (Forster, 1790) The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus, locally known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok) is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. ... The REO Motor Car Company was a Lansing, Michigan based company that produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. ... Ransom E. Olds Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864â€“August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and Reo brands were named. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. ... A Reo Speed-Wagon, from 1917 advertisement The REO Speed Wagon was a motor truck manufactured by REO Motor Car Company. ... Repsol YPF is an integrated oil and gas company with operations in 29 countries, principally Spain and Argentina. ... Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company. ... Mike Lazaridis Mihalis (Michael) Lazaridis (born 1961, Istanbul, Turkey) is the founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the wildly popular BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (similar to a PDA but with more emphases on communication functions). ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (IPA pronunciation: ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... Adolph Rickenbacker (1886-1976) was the founder of the Rickenbacker guitar company. ... This article is about the aircraft engine company. ... Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a BMW subsidiary responsible for the manufacture of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. ... Statue of Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce, standing outside the companys HQ at Moor Lane, Derby The statue inscription, brief life story of Frederick Henry Royce Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce (March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with the Hon. ... The Hon. ... RSA, The Security Division of EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and maintains offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Japan. ... Professor Ron Rivest Professor Ronald Linn Rivest (born 1947, Schenectady, New York) is a cryptographer, and is the Viterbi Professor of Computer Science at MITs Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Leonard Adleman Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is a theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. ...

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SAAB — founded in 1937 in Sweden as Svenska Aeroplan aktiebolaget (Swedish Aeroplane Company); the last word is typically abbreviated as AB, hence SAAB.
Sabre — Semi-Automatic Business Research Environment.
Samsonite — named from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength.
Samsung — meaning three stars in Korean.
Sanyo — meaning three oceans in Japanese.
SAP — "Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing", formerly "SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung" (German for "System analysis and program development"), formed by four ex-IBM employees who used to work in the 'Systems/Applications/Projects' group of IBM.
SAS — the flag airline carrier of Sweden, Norway and Denmark which stands for Scandinavian Airlines System. Alternately, it is an abbreviation for Statistical Analysis System (as used by the SAS Institute).
SCB — from Standard Chartered Bank. The name Standard Chartered comes from the two original banks from which it was founded – The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and The Standard Bank of British South Africa.
SCO — from Santa Cruz Operation. The company's office was in Santa Cruz, California. It eventually formed Tarantella, Inc. and sold off its operating system division to Caldera Systems (a spin off from Novell), which is based in Utah. Caldera changed its name to The SCO Group, Inc. (at which point SCO no longer stood for anything).
Saudi Aramco — the Aramco name was derived in 1944 when California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc) changed its name to Arabian American Oil Company. The Saudi government purchased the company in 1980, and changed its name to Saudi Arabian Oil Company or Saudi Aramco in 1988.^[33]
SEAT — an acronym from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (Spanish Corporation of Private Cars).
Sealed Air Corporation — from the "sealed air" found in its most notable product, Bubble Wrap.
SEGA — Service Games of Japan was founded by Marty Bromley (an American) to import pinball games to Japan for use on American military bases.
Seiko — Seiko, now referred to in katakana as セイコー("seiko"), was originally named in kanji as 精工(also "seiko"). The two characters were taken from the phrase 「精巧で精密な時計の生産に成功する工場」, the company's vision which roughly translates to "a factory（工場:kojyo）that successfully（成功:seiko）produces（生産:seisan）exquisit（精巧:seiko）and precise（精密:seimitsu）watches". — According to Seiko's official company history, titled A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word for "exquisite" or "minute" (both spelled 精巧), as well as a word for "success" (spelled 成功).
setcom — software engineering and testing for communications, an international group of companies active in the field of wireless test solutions.
SGI — Silicon Graphics Inc.
Sharp — Japanese consumer electronics company named from its first product, an ever-sharp pencil.
Shell — Royal Dutch/Shell was established in 1907, when the Royal Dutch Petrol Society Plc. and the Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd. merged their operations. The Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd had been established at the end of the 19th century by commercial firm Samuel & Co (founded in 1830). Samuel & Co were already importing Japanese shells when they set up an oil company, so the oil company was named after the shells.
Siemens — founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske. The company was originally called Telegraphen-Bau-Anstalt von Siemens & Halske.
Six Apart — company co-founders Ben and Mena Trott were born six days apart (in September 1977).
SKF — from Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, a Swedish manufacturer founded in 1907. See also Volvo.
Škoda Auto — the car company was founded in 1895 and originally named Laurin & Klement after its founders, Vaclav Laurin and Vaclav Klement. It was taken over by Škoda Works, an industrial conglomerate, in 1924, and adopted the Škoda name from Emil Škoda. Škoda Auto was split off after World War II and is now part of Volkswagen.
Skype — the original concept for the name was Sky-Peer-to-Peer, which morphed into Skyper, then Skype.^[34]
Smart — Swatch + Mercedes + Art
Smilebit — former Sega development studio named from what they hope to make you do (smile), and the smallest unit of computer information (bit). The company developed Jet Set Radio.
Smeg — acronym based on the Italian towns where the original enamelling factory was located in Guastalla, Italy.
SNK — Shin Nihon Kikaku, Japanese for Plans for a New Japan.
Sony — from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang word used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster, "since we were sonny boys working in sound and vision", said Akio Morita. The company was founded as Tokyo Tsoshiu Kogyo KK (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) in 1946, and changed its name to Sony in 1958. Sony was chosen as it could be pronounced easily in many languages.
SPAR — originally DE SPAR, from Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig (Dutch, meaning "All will benefit from united co-operation"). "De spar" in Dutch translates as "the fir tree", hence the fir tree logo. As the company expanded across Europe, the name was shortened by dropping the article, "DE".
Sperry — company founded by Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860–1930), originally as Sperry Gyroscope Company. Sperry took over Univac, and eventually was itself taken over by Burroughs. The merged companies became Unisys, from United Information Systems.
Sprint — from its parent company, Southern Pacific Railroad INTernal Communications. At the time, pipelines and railroad tracks were the cheapest place to lay communications lines, as the right-of-way was already leased or owned.
Stanley Works — name created to reflect the merger of Stanley's Bolt Manufactory of New Britain, Connecticut (founded by Frederick Trent Stanley) and the Stanley Rule and Level Company (founded by his cousin Henry Stanley).
Starbucks — named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick
Stellent — coined from a combination of the words stellar and excellent.
STX — pronounced as the word "sticks" because, when first founded, STX manufactured only lacrosse sticks
Subaru — from the Japanese name for the constellation known to Westerners as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Subaru was formed from a merger of seven other companies, and the constellation is featured on the company's logo.
Sun Microsystems — its founders designed their first workstation in their dorm at Stanford University, and chose the name Stanford University Network for their product, hoping to sell it to the college. They didn't.
SuSE — from Software und System-Entwicklung (Software and system development).
Suzuki — from the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki.

For the manufacturer of Saab cars, see Saab Automobile. ... Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for a corporation, i. ... Sabre Logo Sabre is a computer reservations system/global distribution system (GDS) used by airlines, railways, hotels, travel agents and other travel companies. ... Samsonite is the worldâ€™s largest maker of third-ratecitation needed luggage, making everything from large suitcases to smaller toiletries bags. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... Sanyo Electric Co. ... SAP AG (ISIN: DE0007164600, FWB: SAP, NYSE: SAP) is the largest European software enterprise and the third largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. ... For other uses, see System (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS is a multi-national airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Scandinavian countries, based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance. ... SAS Institute logo SAS Institute Inc. ... SCB is an abbreviation for: SC Bern, a Swiss ice hockey team Standing Council of the Baronetage Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian National Hero of Freedom Struggle 1897 - ???? Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrÃ¥n), Swedish government department Southern Cross Broadcasting, Australian television broadcaster Standard Chartered Bank, a British bank headquartered in London... Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) was a software company based in Santa Cruz, California that was best known for selling three Unix variants for Intel x86 processors: Xenix, SCO UNIX (later known as SCO OpenServer), and UnixWare. ... For other uses, see Santa Cruz. ... The current logo of Tarantella, Inc. ... The SCO Group, Inc. ... Novell Inc. ... Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the worlds largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. ... SEAT (IPA: ) is a Spanish automobile manufacturer founded in 1950 and now subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. ... Sealed Air Corporation is a company that makes packing lightweight protective packing material using air enclosed in plastic. ... This article is about the video game company. ... Seiko Corporation ) (TYO: 8050 ) is a Japanese watch company. ... Katakana ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana ManyÅgana Uses Furigana Okurigana RÅmaji ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (å¹³ä»®å), katakana (ç‰‡ä»®å), and the Arabic numerals. ... setcom (software engineering and testing for communications) is an international group of companies, that form an integral part and active role in the field of wireless protocol and mobile multi-media testing. ... Silicon Graphics, Inc. ... Sharp Corporation is a Japan-based electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912. ... Royal Dutch Shell plc is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. ... Siemens redirects here. ... Ernst Werner von Siemens Ernst Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 - December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist. ... Six Apart Ltd. ... Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott (born September 1977) are the married co-founders of Six Apart, creators of Movable Type and TypePad. ... SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, customer solutions and related services globally. ... Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... Å koda Auto ( (helpÂ· info)) is a Czech automobile manufacturer and one of the four oldest car producers in the world. ... VÃ¡clav Klement (October 16, 1868 Velvary â€“ August 10, 1938 MladÃ¡ Boleslav) - was a Czech automotive pioneer, co-founder of what is now Å koda Auto. ... Å koda Works (Czech: Å kodovy zÃ¡vody; today Å koda Holding, a. ... Grave of Emil Å koda, St. ... Volkswagen AG (ISIN: DE0007664005), or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas ZennstrÃ¶m and Janus Friis. ... For cars with artificial intelligence, see Smart car. ... Smilebit is a Japanese computer and video game developer founded in 2000. ... Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in the United States), is a video game released by Smilebit on 1 November 2000. ... Smeg may refer to: Smeg (appliances), an Italian appliance company Smeg (vulgarism), a pseudo swear word used in the TV cult space sitcom Red Dwarf Smeg (computer viruses), a computer virus construction kit SMEG (menu editor), a menu editor for the GNOME desktop SMEG (slang), refering to a mans semen... â€œSNKâ€ redirects here. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... This article is about the convenience store. ... Sperry may refer to: Persons: Brett Sperry (contemporary), American video game designer Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860â€“1930), American inventor and entrepreneur, founder of Sperry Gyroscope Company Joseph Evans Sperry (1854â€“1930), American architect Mario Sperry (1952â€”), Brazilian martial artist Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913â€“1994), American neurobiologist and Nobel laureate Place... Elmer Ambrose Sperry (born October 12, 1860 in Cincinnatus, New York; died June 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York) was an inventor and entrepreneur. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. ... The Stanley Works NYSE: SWK, headquartered in New Britain, CT is a household durable goods manufacturer of tools and hardware. ... Frederick Trent Stanley (?-?) was an American industrialist. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Stellent, Inc is a Minnesota based, global provider of enterprise content management software solutions that allows organizations to deploy multiple line-of-business applications â€” such as public websites, Intranets and Extranets, compliance processes, and marketing brand management â€” and also scale the technology to support multi-site management and enterprise-wide... STX can be: The Danish Gymnasium examination STX Corporation, a Koreas shipyard company. ... A lacrosse stick (sometimes called a crosse) is a lacrosse players most important piece of equipment. ... For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ... A shorter exposure shows less nebulosity. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Sun SPARCstation 1+, 25 MHz RISC processor from early 1990s A workstation, such as a Unix workstation, RISC workstation or engineering workstation, is a high-end desktop or deskside microcomputer designed for technical applications. ... Stanford redirects here. ... SUSE (properly pronounced , but often pronounced /suzi/) is a major retail Linux distribution, produced in Germany. ... Suzuki Motor Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation company producing a range of automobiles (especially Keicars and small SUVs), a full range of motorcycles, ATVs, outboard motors, wheelchairs, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ...

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Taco Bell — named after founder Glen Bell.
Talgo — from "Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea-Oriol" (Spanish for "Goicoechea-Oriol Light Articulated Train"), Goicoechea and Oriol being the founders of the company.
TAM Linhas Aéreas — Brazilian airline company named from Transportes Aéreos Marília (Marilia's Air Transport). Marília is a city in São Paulo Estate.
TAP Portugal — from "Transportes Aéreos Portugueses" (Portuguese for "Portuguese Air Transports").
Tata Group — conglomerate named after Jamsetji Tata, considered "the father of Indian industry".
Taxan — made-up name chosen partly because Takusan is a Japanese word for many or much and was considered propitious, but mainly because the head of the company, in the US at the time, Tak Shimizu was known by everyone as Tak-san.
TCL — from Today China Lion. Derived from literal translation of "今日中国雄狮" from Chinese to English.
TCS — from Tata Consultancy Services.
Tesco — Founder Jack Cohen who, from 1919, sold groceries in the markets of the London East End. He acquired a large shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and made new labels by using the first three letters of the supplier's name and the first two letters of his surname.
Texaco — from The Texas Company U.S.A.^[35]
THX — from Tomlinson Holman Crossover, the name of the technology's inventor and the audio technology of a crossover amplifier. It may be a backronym, as the technology is owned by George Lucas's company, and he directed THX 1138.
TIBCO — The Information Bus Company.
Toshiba — named from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho (Shibaura Engineering Works).
Toyota — from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda. Initially called Toyeda, it was changed after a contest for a better-sounding name. The new name was written in katakana with eight strokes, a number that is considered lucky in Japan.
Triang — operating name for Lines Bros Ltd, which was founded by William, Walter and Arthur Edwin Lines. Three Lines make a triangle
Tucows — an acronym for The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software.
TVR — derived from the first name of the company founder TreVoR Wilkinson

Taco Bell Corp. ... Tilting Amtrak Cascades passenger cars use the Talgo design. ... TAM Linhas AÃ©reas is the largest Brazilian airline, based in SÃ£o Paulo and operating scheduled services from SÃ£o Paulo to major points within Brazil, as well as international flights to neighbouring countries and Chile, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. ... Boeing 727 with classic livery 1950s-1980 Airbus A321-200 with former livery 1980-2005 Airbus A321-200 Airbus A320-200 taking off A319 in Faro, Algarve. ... The Tata Group is Indias largest conglomerate, with revenues in 2005-06 of Rs. ... Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 - May 19, 1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. ... Taxan is a subsidiary of Kaga Electronics, a Japanese electronics company. ... The TCL Corporation is a Chinese electronics manufacturer headquartered in Huizhou of Guangdong Province, southern China. ... Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS Limited) is one of the worldâ€™s largest providers of information technology, consulting, services and business-process outsourcing which commenced operations in 1968. ... For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London, England. ... Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand with a strong global presence. ... For other uses, see THX (disambiguation). ... Tomlinson Holman is an American film theorist and inventor of film technologies, notably the Lucasfilm THX sound system. ... A backronym (or bacronym) is a phrase that is constructed after the fact from a previously existing abbreviation, the abbreviation being an initialism or an acronym. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... THX 1138 was George Lucas first full length movie. ... TIBCO Software Inc. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March 31, 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... This article is about the automaker. ... Katakana ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. ... Lines Bros Ltd was a British toy manufacturer of the 20th Century - operating under the Tri-ang brand name. ... Tucows (originally an acronym for The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software that has long since been dropped) was formed in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1993. ... TVR 280i TVR S series 1986 TVR 280i Coupe 1984 TVR 350i 1986 TVR Chimaera TVR Cerbera TVR Sagaris, one of the many TVR cars manufactured in Blackpool Two TVRs at the Northampton and Lamport Railway during a Car show held at the railway TVR No. ...

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Umbro — Umbro was founded in 1924 by the Humphrey (`Umphrey) Brothers, Harold C. and Wallace.
Unilever — name created to reflect the merger of Margarine Unie and Lever Brothers, agreed in 1929. Lever Brothers was named from its founders, William Hesketh Lever and his brother, James.
UNIMED — Brazilian cooperative of physicians, meaning União de Medicos (union of physicians)
Unisys — from United Information Systems, the new name for the company that resulted from the merging of two old mainframe computer companies, Burroughs and Sperry [Sperry Univac/Sperry Rand]. It united two incompatible ranges. The new-born Unisys was briefly the world's second-largest computer company, after IBM.
UNOCAL — the Union Oil Company of California, founded in 1890
UUNET — one of the industry's oldest and largest Internet Service Providers, named from UNIX-to-UNIX Network.

Umbro (LSE: UMB) is an internationally recognised football brand based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. ... Unilever is a widely listed [2] [3] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... The British manufacturer Lever Brothers was founded in 1885 by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) and his brother James. ... William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme Lord Leverhulme is the most familiar name of William Hesketh Lever, (19 September 1851-7 May 1925), a British Industrialist who was created 1st Viscount Leverhulme. ... UNIMED is a Brazilian medical work cooperative and health plan operator. ... For other uses, see Coop. ... For other uses, see Doctor. ... Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware[3], is a global provider of information technology services and solutions. ... The Unocal Corporation (NYSE: UCL), based in Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1890 as the Union Oil Company of California. ... UUNET Technologies Logo Post-WorldCom UUNET Logo Original UUNET Logo UUNET is one of the oldest and largest Internet service providers and one of the nine Tier 1 networks. ...

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Varig — Largest international Brazilian airline, its name is an abbreviation of Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, because it was founded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Verizon — a portmanteau of veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon.
Virgin — founder Richard Branson started a magazine called Student while still at school. In his autobiography, Losing My Virginity, Branson says that when they were starting a business to sell records by mail order, "one of the girls suggested: 'What about Virgin? We're complete virgins at business.'"
Vodafone — from Voice, Data, Telefone. Vodafone made the UK's first mobile call at a few minutes past midnight on 1 January 1985.
Volkswagen — from the German for people's car. Ferdinand Porsche wanted to produce a car that was affordable for the masses — the Kraft-durch-Freude-Wagen (or "Strength-Through-Joy car", from a Nazi social organization) later became known, in English, as the Beetle.
Volvo — from the Latin word volvo, which means "I roll". It was originally a name for a ball bearing being developed by SKF.

Varig Boeing 737-300 Varig (ViaÃ§Ã£o AÃ©rea RIo Grandense) is an airline owned by Gol Transportes AÃ©reos based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 kmÂ² Population - Total - Density 10. ... This article or section should include material from Bell Atlantic This article or section should include material from GTE Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is a local exchange telephone company formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic, a former Bell Operating Company, and GTE, which was the largest independant local exchange... A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run companies that each use the Virgin brand of British celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. ... Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 ) in Shamley Green, Surrey, England), is a British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about Â£84. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Volkswagen AG (ISIN: DE0007664005), or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, customer solutions and related services globally. ...

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Wachovia Corporation — from the Latin version of the German wachau, the name given to a region in North Carolina by German settlers because it reminded them of a river near their home in Germany. Many companies founded in or around Charlotte, N.C., have Wachovia in their name.
Waitrose — upmarket UK supermarket chain originally named after the founders, Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor. The Taylor was later dropped.
Wal-Mart — named after founder Sam Walton
Wang Laboratories — from the name of the founder, An Wang, the inventor of core memory.
Wendy's — Wendy was the nickname of founder Dave Thomas' daughter Melinda.
Weta Digital — The special effects company founded by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. 'Weta' are a group of about 70 species of insect found in New Zealand. Weta Digital is based in the New Zealand archipelago.
WHSmith — founded by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in London, England, in 1792. They named their small newsagent's shop after their son William Henry Smith, who was born the same year.
Williams-Sonoma — founded by Chuck Williams in Sonoma, California.
Wipro — from Western India Vegetable Products Limited. The company started as a modest Vanaspati and laundry soap producer and is now also an IT services giant.
WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It changed its name after a court case brought by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which is now called the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Worlds of Wonder — founder Don Kingsborough wanted an eyecatching stock symbol, and Worlds Of Wonder provided WOW. The company went bankrupt in 1988.

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is a large banking chain in the United States. ... Waitrose is a British supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, with 184 branches (November 2006). ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Wang logo circa 1976. ... Dr. An Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: WÃ¡ng Ä€n; February 7, 1920 â€“ March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories. ... Wendys is an international chain of fast food restaurants founded by Dave Thomas that sells primarily hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, french fries and beverages. ... For other persons of the same name, see David Thomas. ... Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, an offshoot of the Weta Workshop physical effects company. ... This article is about the bookshop chain; for the businessman and politician of that name, see William Henry Smith. ... Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ... For the basketball player Edward Chuck Williams, see Chuck Williams Chuck Williams (b. ... Sonoma is a town located in Sonoma County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,128. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wipro Technologies. ... Vanaspati is the 4th melakarta raga in the sampoorna mela system used in carnatic music. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the natural environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. ... Worlds of Wonder or WoW was a 1980s American toy company, founded by former Atari employees, including Don Kingsborough. ...

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Xerox — named from xerography, a word derived from the Greek xeros (dry) and graphos (writing). The company was founded as The Haloid Company in 1906, launched its first XeroX copier in 1949, and changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958.

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) (name pronounced ) is a global document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ...

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Yahoo! — The word Yahoo was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and barely human. Yahoo! founders David Filo and Jerry Yang jokingly considered themselves yahoos. It's also an interjection sometimes associated with United States Southerners' and Westerners' expression of joy, as alluded to in Yahoo.com commercials that end with someone singing the word "yahoo". It is also sometime jokingly referred to by its backronym, Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
Yoplait — from the merger of Yola and Coplait in 1965.

â€œYahooâ€ redirects here. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 â€“ October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and... First Edition of Gullivers Travels Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jerry Yang Chih-Yuan (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; born November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese American entreprenuer, [2] co-founder with David Filo and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. ... A backronym (or bacronym) is a phrase that is constructed after the fact from a previously existing abbreviation, the abbreviation being an initialism or an acronym. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Zend Technologies — a contraction derived from the names of Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans, the two founders.
Zuse — pioneering German computer company named after its founder, Konrad Zuse (1910–1995). He built his first computer in his parents' living room at the end of the 1930s. Zuse was taken over by Siemens AG. The name is now echoed by SuSE (Software und System-Entwicklung: “Software and system development”)..

Zend Technologies Ltd. ... Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 - December 18, 1995) was a German engineer and computer pioneer. ... Siemens redirects here. ... SUSE (properly pronounced , but often pronounced /suzi/) is a major retail Linux distribution, produced in Germany. ...

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