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Enthof

The corporate name for Enthof Solutions (www.enthof.com) is a hypothetical word. The name is said to be derived from Mathematics i.e. 'N(th) of' which means infinity.


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BMW

BMW is an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke (German) or Bavarian Motor Works (English).

The BMW logo is a circle (known as a roundel) divided into quadrants of alternating white and light blue colour. The logo is intended to be a stylized representation of an aircraft propeller against a blue sky. The colours of the logo are those of the flag of Bavaria.


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WIPRO

Western India Products


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Intel Corporation

INTegrated ELectronics Corporation


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AMD

Advanced Micro Devices


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Athlon (AMD)

The name "Athlon" was chosen by AMD as short for "decathlon".


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Motorola

Founder Paul Galvin came up with the name Motorola when his company started manufacturing car radios. A number of early companies making phonographs, radios, and other audio equipment in the early 20th century used the suffix "-ola".

The Motorola prefix "motor-" was chosen because the company's initial focus was in automotive electronics.


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Nokia

What is known today as Nokia was established in 1865 as a pulp mill by Knut Fredrik Idestam on the banks of Nokia rapids. Finnish Rubber Works established its factories in the beginning of 20th century nearby and began using Nokia as its brand.


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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration


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Google

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol,"] which refers to 10100 (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros).

The verb "google" was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary, meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.


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Yahoo!

Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle


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Hotmail

It included the letters "HTML" - the markup language used to write the base of web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL.



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