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Intel       Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ‘Moore Noyce’ but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.       Lotus (Notes)       Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from ‘The Lotus Position’ or ‘Padmasana’. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.       Compaq       This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.       Corel       The name was derived from the founder’s name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory. |
