Hewlett-Packard’s (also known as HP) name was decided in a coin toss in 1939

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Did You Know? Hewlett-Packard’s (also known as HP) name was decided in a coin toss in 1939. The name was always going to be a hyphenation of the two founders last names, so in order to decide between Hewlett-Packard and Packard-Hewlett, they flipped a coin.

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