Remington Rand

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Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company
computer manufacturer
typewriter manufacturer
acquired Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
Engineering Research Associates
acquisitionDate Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, 1950
Engineering Research Associates, 1952
activityEnd mid 1950s
activityStart late 1920s
brandContinuedAs Remington Rand typewriters
linked to: Remington Rand
competitor IBM
country United States
developedFrom Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation technology
Engineering Research Associates technology
field data processing
information technology
formedByMergerOf Rand Kardex Company
Remington Typewriter Company
linked to: Remington Rand
foundedBy James Rand Jr.
headquartersLocation New York
historicalSignificance helped transition from mechanical office machines to electronic computers
inception 1927
industry business machines
computers
office equipment
knownFor early commercial data processing systems
pioneering commercial computing
majorCustomer United States Census Bureau
United States military
mergedInto Sperry Rand
linked to: Sperry Corporation
mergerDate 1955
notableFor developing the UNIVAC series
producing one of the first commercial computers
operatedInPeriod 20th century
parentCompanyAfterMerger Sperry Corporation
predecessor Rand Kardex Company
Remington Typewriter Company
linked to: Remington Rand
product UNIVAC I
UNIVAC II
UNIVAC computer line
linked to: UNIVAC I

adding machines
office filing systems
tabulating equipment
typewriters
successor Sperry Corporation
Sperry Rand
linked to: Sperry Corporation
supplied UNIVAC I to the U.S. Census Bureau
UNIVAC computers to government agencies

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J. Presper Eckert employer Remington Rand
J. Presper Eckert employer Sperry Rand
linked to: Remington Rand
Grace Hopper employer Remington Rand
John Presper Eckert employer Remington Rand
subject linked to: John
John Presper Eckert employer Sperry Rand
subject linked to: John
linked to: Remington Rand
Remington Rand formedByMergerOf Remington Typewriter Company
linked to: Remington Rand
Remington Rand predecessor Remington Typewriter Company
linked to: Remington Rand
Remington Rand brandContinuedAs Remington Rand typewriters
linked to: Remington Rand
UNIVAC I manufacturer Remington Rand
UNIVAC I marketedBy Remington Rand UNIVAC division
linked to: Remington Rand
Sperry Corporation acquired Remington Rand
Sperry Corporation subsidiary Sperry Rand
linked to: Remington Rand
A-0 System compiler developedAt Remington Rand
FLOW-MATIC developer Remington Rand
subject linked to: FLOW-MATIC programming language
FLOW-MATIC developer Sperry Rand
subject linked to: FLOW-MATIC programming language
linked to: Remington Rand
Grace Hopper employer Remington Rand
subject linked to: Amazing Grace