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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
FLOW-MATIC → developer → Remington Rand ⓘ
FLOW-MATIC → developer → Sperry Rand ⓘ
linked to: Remington Rand
FLOW-MATIC → organizationBehindDevelopment → Remington Rand UNIVAC division ⓘ
linked to: Remington Rand
UNIVAC → laterOwnedBy → Remington Rand ⓘ
UNIVAC → laterOwnedBy → Sperry Rand ⓘ
linked to: Remington Rand
UNIVAC software environment → vendor → Remington Rand ⓘ
Grace Brewster Murray → employer → Remington Rand ⓘ
James Rand Jr. → employer → Remington Rand ⓘ
James Rand Jr. → hasEmployer → Remington Rand ⓘ
Rand Kardex Company → successor → Remington Rand ⓘ
Rand Kardex Company → partOf → Remington Rand ⓘ
Rand Kardex Company → mergerResult → Remington Rand ⓘ
Rand Kardex Company → category → Remington Rand ⓘ
UNIVAC II → manufacturer → Remington Rand ⓘ
UNIVAC II → developer → Remington Rand ⓘ