Compaq Computer Corporation

Founded
February, 1982
Headquarters
Houston, Texas, USA
Key people
Rod Canion, FounderJim Harris, FounderBill Murto, Founder
Industry
PDA and Computer Hardware
Products
Presario desktops and notebooks, iPAQ
Revenue

$86.696 billion USD (HP; 2006)
Net income
($2.398 billion ) USD (HP; 2006)
Employees
63,700 (2001)

Website
compaq.com

Compaq Computer Corporation is an American personal computer company founded in 1982, and now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard.
The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto — former Texas Instruments senior managers. The name "COMPAQ" was derived from "Compatibility and Quality", as at its formation Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers.
Once the largest supplier of computing systems in the world it existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it merged with Hewlett-Packard.