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Hewlett-Packard Company
Public
Industry
Fate Split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Successors
  • HP Inc.
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • DXC Technology
  • Micro Focus
  • Agilent Technologies
Founded July 2, 1939; 84 years ago (1939-07-02)
Founders
Defunct November 1, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-01)
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
37°24′49″N 122°08′42″W / 37.4136°N 122.1451°W / 37.4136; -122.1451
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Products List of Hewlett-Packard products
Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries

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.

History

HP garage front
The garage in Palo Alto, where Hewlett and Packard began the company
Logo used from 1941 to 1964
Logo used from 1941 to 1964
Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office
HP office in Japan

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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