HP
HP"HP" redirects here. For other uses, see HP (disambiguation).The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is one of the world's largest information technology corporations. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States, it has a global presence in the fields of computing, printing, and digital imaging, and also sells software and services. HP Passport sign-in is disabled - no JavaScript support has been detected. Company historyFrom 1939 until the seventiesHP was founded as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments with a US$538 investment in a Palo Alto, CA garage in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. They had both graduated from Stanford University in 1934. Their first product was a precision audio oscillator, the Model 200A. Their innovation was the use of a small night-light bulb as a temperature dependent resistor in a critical portion of the circuit. Their company's name, Hewlett-Packard, was derived from their last names and had |