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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY(finance)
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Hewlett-Packard Co. (sh) and duck 2, verb (oh)


Hewlett-Packard Co. (sh)




U.S. manufacturer of Computers, computer printers, and measuring instruments.

Founded in 1938 in Palo Alto, Calif., by William Hewlett (1913-2001) and David Packard (1912-96), the company grew along with the electronics sector of the U.S. defense industry after World War II (1939-45). In 1966 it developed its first computer, and in 1968 one of the earliest desktop electronic calculators. Hewlett-Packard entered the personal-computer market in 1980, and its HP Laser Jet printer dominated the market for computer printers in the 1980s. By the 1990s the company was a leading maker of minicomputers used by businesses and institutions and a leader in the field of laser and inkjet printers. In 2002 the company bought rival Compaq Computer for $25 billion.


duck 2, verb (oh)



2 v
also duck down
[I and T] to lower your head or body very quickly, especially to avoid being seen or hit
::If she hadn't ducked, the ball would have hit her.
duck behind/under etc
::Jamie saw his father coming and ducked quickly behind the wall.
::Tim ducked down to comb his hair in the mirror.
::She ducked her head to look more closely at the inscription.
[I always + adverb/preposition] to move somewhere very quickly, especially to avoid being seen or to get away from someone
duck into
::The two men ducked into a block of flats and disappeared.
duck out of
::She ducked out of the door before he could stop her.
duck back
::'Wait a minute', he called, ducking back inside.
[T] informal to avoid something, especially a difficult or unpleasant duty
-synonym dodge dodge
::The ruling body wanted to duck the issue of whether players had been cheating.
::Glazer ducked a question about his involvement in the bank scandal.
[T] to push someone under water for a short time as a joke
duck sb under sth
::Tom grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface.
duck out of [duck out of sth] phr v
to avoid doing something that you have to do or have promised to do
::I always ducked out of history lessons at school.