neroshan
12-04-2006, 09:27 PM
How companies got their names
Apple Computers
It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late
In filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple
Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock.
CISCO
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.
Compaq
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small
Integral object.
Corel
The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands
For COwpland REsearch Laboratory.
Google
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the
Search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a
Word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders -
Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an
Angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'
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 programming language used to write web pages.
It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.
Hewlett Packard
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company
They founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Intel
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce'
But that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an
Acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
Microsoft
Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to
MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.
Motorola
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started
Manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was
Called Victrola.
Sony
It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang
Used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.
Yahoo!
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's
Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action
And is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name
Because they considered themselves yahoos
Apple Computers
It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late
In filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple
Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock.
CISCO
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.
Compaq
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small
Integral object.
Corel
The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands
For COwpland REsearch Laboratory.
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the
Search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a
Word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders -
Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an
Angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'
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 programming language used to write web pages.
It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.
Hewlett Packard
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company
They founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Intel
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce'
But that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an
Acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
Microsoft
Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to
MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.
Motorola
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started
Manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was
Called Victrola.
Sony
It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang
Used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.
Yahoo!
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's
Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action
And is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name
Because they considered themselves yahoos