DEC Last modified: Thursday, October 30, 2003
Pronounced deck, and short for Digital Equipment Corporation, one of leading producers of workstations, servers, and high-end PCs. DEC also developed one of the leading Internet search engines called Alta Vista. In January, 1998, DEC agreed to be acquired by Compaq, which was then acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about DEC . Also check out the following links! The Truth About Servers  What makes a server a server? Is there a difference between an e-mail server and a messaging server? Should a firewall be considered a server in certain circumstances? These questions and more are answered in an extensive tutorial that cuts through the marketing hype and explains the basics of key server types. DEC FAQs Contains links to USENET FAQs for several of Digital Equipment Corporation's operating systems (Digital UNIX, ULTRIX, OpenVMS, and PDP-8). VT100.net This site is dedicated to the range of video terminals produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 to 1995. The most famous of these is the VT100, a name which is recognised most often today as a setting in terminal emulation programs.	Hardware Companies Networking Companies Software Companies Workstations Alta Vista Compaq HP IBM LAT network-attached storage server server farm SGI staging server Sun Microsystems VAX VMS workstation Give Us Your Feedback Shopping DEC Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Office Supplies 48 Store Offers Tools and Accessories 76 Store Offers