HP
    n 1: a unit of power equal to 746 watts [syn: horsepower,
         HP, H.P.]

	

	HP
       Hewlett Packard (manufacturer)

	

	Hewlett-Packard
HP

   (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services
   electronic products and systems for measurement, computation
   and communications.  The company's products and services are
   used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and
   education in approximately 110 countries.

   HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the
   USA.  They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54
   cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service
   offices in 110 countries.  Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was
   $20.3 billion.  The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt.
   HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the
   Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges.

   Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).

   (http://hp.com/home.html).

   (1994-09-26)