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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Remington Rand typewriters
competitor IBM
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedFrom Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation technology
Engineering Research Associates technology
field data processing
information technology
formedByMergerOf Rand Kardex Company
Remington Rand self-linksurface differs
surface form: Remington Typewriter Company
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 Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau

United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States military
mergedInto Sperry Corporation
surface form: Sperry Rand
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 Rand self-linksurface differs
surface form: Remington Typewriter Company
product UNIVAC I
UNIVAC II
UNIVAC I
surface form: UNIVAC computer line

adding machines
office filing systems
tabulating equipment
typewriters
successor Sperry Corporation
Sperry Corporation
surface form: Sperry Rand
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 Remington Rand
this entity surface form: Sperry Rand
Grace Hopper employer Remington Rand
John employer Remington Rand
subject surface form: John Presper Eckert
John employer Remington Rand
subject surface form: John Presper Eckert
this entity surface form: Sperry Rand
Remington Rand formedByMergerOf Remington Rand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Remington Typewriter Company
Remington Rand predecessor Remington Rand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Remington Typewriter Company
Remington Rand brandContinuedAs Remington Rand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Remington Rand typewriters
UNIVAC I manufacturer Remington Rand
UNIVAC I marketedBy Remington Rand
this entity surface form: Remington Rand UNIVAC division
Sperry Corporation acquired Remington Rand
Sperry Corporation subsidiary Remington Rand
this entity surface form: Sperry Rand
A-0 System compiler developedAt Remington Rand
FLOW-MATIC programming language developer Remington Rand
subject surface form: FLOW-MATIC
FLOW-MATIC programming language developer Remington Rand
subject surface form: FLOW-MATIC
this entity surface form: Sperry Rand
Amazing Grace employer Remington Rand
subject surface form: Grace Hopper