Editing Digital Equipment Corporation

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{{ infobox company
| name          = Digital Equipment Corporation
| logo          = [[File:Digital 556-flattened4.svg|Digital Equipment Corporation Logo|frameless]]
| fate          = Acquired by [[Compaq]], after divestiture of major assets.
| successor     = [[Hewlett-Packard]]<br />(2002–present)<br />[[Compaq]]<br />(1998–2002)
| foundation    = 1957
| defunct       = 1998
| location      = [[wikipedia:Maynard, Massachusetts|Maynard, Massachusetts]], United States
| industry      = Computer manufacturing
| key_people    = [[wikipedia:Ken Olsen|Ken Olsen]] (founder, president, and chairman) <br /> [[wikipedia:Harlan Anderson|Harlan Anderson]] (co-founder) <br /> [[wikipedia:C. Gordon Bell|C. Gordon Bell]] (VP Engineering, 1972–83)
| products      = [[wikipedia:Programmed Data Processor|PDP]] minicomputers <br /> [[wikipedia:VAX|VAX]] minicomputers<br /> [[wikipedia:DEC Alpha|Alpha]] servers and workstations<br />[[wikipedia:DECnet|DECnet]]<br />[[wikipedia:VT100|VT100]] terminal<br />[[wikipedia:Local Area Transport|LAT]] and [[wikipedia:Terminal server|Terminal server]]<br />[[wikipedia:StrongARM|StrongARM]] microprocessors<br />[[wikipedia:Digital Linear Tape|Digital Linear Tape]]
| num_employees = over 140,000 (1987)
| parent        =
| subsid        =
}}
'''Digital Equipment Corporation''' ('''DEC''', or sometimes just '''Digital''') was once a major company in the computing industry. 
It was acquired by Compaq in 1998 and most of what is was is now owned by Hewlett-Packard.
'''DEC''' is known mostly for its [[PDP]]-line of mini-computers, VAX mainframe system and its line of terminals. It has also manufactured workstations and IBM-compatible PCs.

==Keyboards==
See category [[:Category:DEC keyboards|DEC keyboards]]

DEC's biggest contribution to keyboards is the invention of the [[DEC LK201#Inverse-T|Inverse-T]] arrangement of [[cursor keys]] for the [[DEC LK201]] keyboard.

==External links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation on Wikipedia]

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