Hewlett-Packard facts for kids
Final logo used from 2012 to 2015, retained by HP Inc.
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HP's headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2013
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| Fate | Split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
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| Founded | July 2, 1939 |
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| Defunct | November 1, 2015 |
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| Products | List of Hewlett-Packard products |
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The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( hyew-LIT-_-PAK-ərd) or HP, was an American company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components, as well as software and related services. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939, and initially produced a line of electronic test and measurement equipment. The HP Garage at 367 Addison Avenue is now designated an official California Historical Landmark, and is marked with a plaque calling it the "Birthplace of 'Silicon Valley'".
On November 1, 2015, Hewlett-Packard was split into two separate companies; its enterprise products and services business were spun-off to form Hewlett Packard Enterprise, while its personal computer and printer businesses became HP Inc.
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History
Bill Hewlett and David Packard graduated with degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1935. They tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard (HP) or Packard-Hewlett.
In 1942, they built their first building at 395 Page Mill Road and were awarded the Army-Navy "E" Award in 1943. HP employed 200 people and produced the audio oscillator, a wave analyzer, distortion analyzers, an audio-signal generator, and the Model 400A vacuum-tube voltmeter during the war.
Hewlett and Packard worked on counter-radar technology and artillery shell proximity fuzes during World War II; the work exempted Packard from the draft, but Hewlett had to serve as an officer in the Army Signal Corps after being called to active duty.
Products
HP produced lines of printers, scanners, digital cameras, calculators, personal digital assistants, servers, workstation computers, and computers for home and small-business use.
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The HP200A, a precision audio oscillator, was the company's very first financially successful product.
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Introduced in 1968, "The new Hewlett-Packard 9100A personal computer is ready, willing, and able ... to relieve you of waiting to get on the big computer."
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Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 3845 printer
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A sign marking the entrance to the HP corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California, 2006
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iPAQ 112 Pocket PC from 2008
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A Hewlett-Packard Mini 1000 netbook computer, a type of notebook computer
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The research center of Hewlett-Packard in the Paris-Saclay cluster, France
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Hewlett-Packard 2014's desktop, monitor and laptop
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iPAQ h4150 Pocket PC from 2003
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An HP camera with an SDIO interface, designed for use in conjunction with a Pocket PC
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A Hewlett-Packard sponsored Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
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The company sponsored the HP Pavilion at San Jose (now SAP Center at San Jose), home to the NHL's San Jose Sharks.
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See also
In Spanish: Hewlett-Packard para niños
