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Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was an information technology company based in the United States. It was founded on January 1, 1957, by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson. The company's headquarters were located in Maynard, Massachusetts. DEC was legally established as a joint-stock company.
DEC was the creator and owner of AltaVista, an early search engine. In addition to AltaVista, the company owned several code pages such as Code page 1287, Code page 1288, and DEC Hebrew. DEC also had subsidiaries, including the DEC Systems Research Center and AltaVista itself.
Ken Olsen, one of the company's founders, served as the CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation. The company was commonly known by its short name, DEC.
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