Coordinates: 37°24′49″N 122°08′42″W / 37.4136°N 122.1451°W
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![]() HP headquarters in Palo Alto, California, U.S.
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Traded as | NYSE: HPQ |
Industry | Computer hardware Computer software IT services IT consulting |
Fate | Corporate split; renamed as HP Inc. |
Successors | HP Inc. Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
Founded | January 1, 1939 |
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Defunct | November 1, 2015 | (main company) (For Hewlett Packard Enterprise). Now operating as HP Inc.
Headquarters | , |
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Worldwide |
Products | See list of HP products. |
Subsidiaries | List of subsidiaries |
Hewlett Packard (HP) is a computer technology company. It was created in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, in a garage in California. It is based in Palo Alto, California. They are best known for making computers and computer hardware such as inkjet printers, laser printers, all-in-one printers, scanners and digital cameras.
HP bought Compaq and re-branded together as one company that is stylized as hp. The letters in the latest logo are lower case.
Images for kids
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The garage in Palo Alto, where Hewlett and Packard began the company
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A sign marking the entrance to the HP corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California, 2006
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A Hewlett-Packard Mini 1000 netbook computer, a type of notebook computer
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An HP camera with an SDIO interface, designed for use in conjunction with a Pocket PC
