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Taken from the Japanese word for when an opponent's pieces are in danger of being captured in the game Go. (Not unlike the tern check in chess) (link)
Named after founder Shojiro Ishibashi. His last name translates to bridge of stone. (link)
From the Latin word sonus meaning sound. Chosen because it could be pronounced easily in many languages. (link)
Names for the coca leaves and kola nuts originally used as flavoring. (link)
After leaving National Cash Register, Tom Watson Sr. one-upped his former employers by calling his company International Business Machines. (link)
Short for Quality Communication. (link)
Shortened from Service Games of Japan, which originally imported pinball machines into American military bases in Japan. (link)
From the Japanese name, Nintendou. Nin can be translated as to entrusted and ten-dou means heaven. (link)
Named after the company's first product, the ever-sharp pencil. (link)
Short for Voice, Data, Telefone. (link)
Originally part of the Echo Bay Technology Group. The URL EchoBay.com was already taken by a mining company based out of Echo Bay, Nevada. (link)
Changed from U-Tote'm in 1946 when new 7:00 am until 11:00 pm hours went into effect. (link)
Shortened from the original name, Nippon Kogaku, which means Japanese Optical. (link)
Started as a wood-pulp mill which later started producing rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia. (link)
Originally sold the mineral corundum to manufacturers of grinding wheels under the name Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Changed to 3M when company changed its focus to innovative new products. (link)
Named for Adobe Creek, which ran behind the house of co-funder John Warnock. (link)
Stylized form of rhebok, which is an African antelope. (link)
Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin. (link)
Combination of the Latin word veritas, which means truth, and the word horizon. (link)
