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List of company name etymologies
This is a list of company names with their name origins explained. Some origins are disputed.

''for similar etymological lists, see [[List of country name etymologies]], [[etymology]]

*[[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] - came from name of the river [[Adobe]] Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.

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*[[SAP (company)|SAP]] - "[[System]]s, [[Application]]s, [[Product (business)|Product]]s in Data Processing", formed by 4 ex-IBM employees who used to work in the 'Systems/Applications/Projects' group of IBM.

*[[Santa Cruz Operation|SCO]] - from Santa Cruz Operation. The company's office was in [[Santa Cruz, California]].
*[[Siemens
 AG|Siemens]] - founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens.
*[[Sony]] - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

*[[Sun Microsystems|SUN]] - founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for [[Stanford University]] [[Network]].
*[[Suzuki]] - from the name of its founder, [[Michio Suzuki]]
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*[[3M]] - ''[[Minnesota]] [[Mining]] and [[Manufacturing]] Company'' started off by mining the material [[corundum]] used to make [[sandpaper]].