Hewlett

Silicon Valley pioneer

Hewlett is a surname, most recognizable from Hewlett-Packard (HP), the American technology company founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a Palo Alto garage in 1939.

The name appears in street names, buildings, and institutions honoring the Hewlett family's philanthropy: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

technology

printers

Document output devices

  • laptopsMobile personal computers
  • desktopsStationary personal computers
  • serversMachines providing network resources

calculators · workstations · scanners · hardware · computing · electronics · microprocessors · storage · networking · peripherals

company

corporation

Legally separate business entity

Palo Alto · garage · startup · spinoff · Compaq · acquisition · merger · split · NYSE · enterprise

founders

Packard

Historic American automaker

  • BillMasculine given name
  • DaveInformal masculine name
  • StanfordCalifornia private research university

garage · pioneers · entrepreneurs · engineers · fellowship · foundation · philanthropy · legacy · partnership · visionaries

brand

Packard

Historic American automaker

  • HPComputing brand or vitality stat
  • IndigoCanadian bookselling company
  • ChromebookGoogle's lightweight laptop
Opposites
founding partnership

HewlettPackard

Historic American automaker

Procter · Gamble · Johnson · Dolce · Jerry

Family

Hewlett-Packard

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G