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Datapoint: History, Companies, Products & Measurement

Datapoint Corporation, originally known as Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC), was a computer company based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Founded in July 1968 by Phil Ray and Gus Roche, its first products were, as the company's original name suggests, computer terminals intended to replace Teletype machines connected to time sharing systems.

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Datapoint topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Products and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Datapoint. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
73
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
81
Extracted relationships
110
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
81

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Datapoint 2200 and the Intel 8008 · 28 topics
Boom period: 1973-1980 · 16 topics
Early history · 9 topics
Divestiture · 8 topics
Background · 7 topics
Overview · 4 topics
Edelman takeover · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
July 1968 (1968-07)
Industry
Computing services, Systems integration
Headquarters
Brentford, United Kingdom
Area served
Europe
Defunct
May 3, 2000 (Bankruptcy)
Fate
Taken over by Asher B. Edelman, and broken up between 1984 - 2000

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background

Early history

Datapoint 2200 and the Intel 8008

Boom period: 1973-1980

Edelman takeover

Divestiture

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Datapoint connects Entity context

The extracted context around Datapoint shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Datapoint → Additionally, After, By, Compounding, Exchange Commission, Fort Worth, Fortune, Ft, Lead, March, Pressure, Production, San Antonio, SEC, Securities, Such, Texas, The, The Ft, US Another extracted example is Datapoint → After, Based, Computer Terminal Corporation, CTC, However, In October, Intel, IPO, July, New York City, Once, San Antonio, Teletype Model, Texas, Texas Instruments, This, TI, US. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Datapoint

Top relations

related to Decline: 1980-1984 · 25
Datapoint → Additionally, After, By, Compounding, Exchange Commission, Fort Worth, Fortune, Ft, Lead, March, Pressure, Production, San Antonio, SEC, Securities, Such, Texas, The, The Ft, US
related to history · 18
Datapoint → After, Based, Computer Terminal Corporation, CTC, However, In October, Intel, IPO, July, New York City, Once, San Antonio, Teletype Model, Texas, Texas Instruments, This, TI, US
related to Boom period: 1973-1980 · 14
Datapoint → After, After Ray, Combined, Datapoint's, Despite, Gerald Mazur, Harold O'Kelley, Harris Corporation, However, IBM, President, Roche, San Antonio, TRW
related to Divestiture · 12
Datapoint → After, April, Chapter, Datapoint's, Decision Servcom, Edelman, In December, Inc, Intelogic Trace, Pennsylvania, SEC, VUGATE
related to External links · 12
Datapoint → Archived October, Czech Republic, DatapointUSA, European, Homepage, In, MINX, Processor, Retro Computer, US-based RMS, Wayback MachineVideo Datapoint, Zatec
related to Datapoint 2200 and the Intel 8008 · 9
Datapoint → August, Harry Pyle, Having, IPO, Jonathan Schmidt, Ray, Roche, The, Victor Poor
related to Edelman takeover · 9
Datapoint → After, Asher, Datapoint's, Edelman, In, In December, In February, March, O'Kelley
Area served · 1
Datapoint → Europe
Defunct · 1
Datapoint → May 3, 2000 (Bankruptcy)
Fate · 1
Datapoint → Taken over by Asher B. Edelman, and broken up between 1984 - 2000

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

company ray computer intel 2200 edelman roche based san antonio arcnet later datapoint's texas corporation million product first systems could

Datapoint relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 110 structured relationships around Datapoint. Examples in this analysis include Datapoint → Area served → Europe and Datapoint → Defunct → May 3, 2000 (Bankruptcy). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DatapointArea servedEurope1.00infobox
DatapointDefunctMay 3, 2000 (Bankruptcy)1.00infobox
DatapointFateTaken over by Asher B. Edelman, and broken up between 1984 - 20001.00infobox
DatapointFoundedJuly 1968 (1968-07)1.00infobox
DatapointFounderJohn Phil Ray, Gus Roche in San Antonio, Texas1.00infobox
DatapointHeadquartersBrentford, United Kingdom1.00infobox
DatapointIndustryComputing services, Systems integration1.00infobox
DatapointKey peopleVictor Poor1.00infobox
DatapointSuccessorDatapoint Corporation Dynacore Holdings Corporation Datapoint U.S.A., Inc.1.00infobox
DatapointTypePrivate1.00infobox
LiteLink which used infra-red technology to link systems in adjacent buildingsinstance ofwhich provided throughput of 20 Mbit/s and include options0.80text
Datapointrelated to Boom period: 1973-1980Despite0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Datapoint bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Inc, Early and Edelman. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Datapoint
    • Inc
    • Early
    • Edelman
    • Name
    • Rms
    • Antonio
    • Intel
    • Million
    • Product
    • San
    • Later
    • Market
  • datapoint
    • Inc
    • Early
    • Edelman
    • Name
    • Rms
    • Antonio
    • Intel
    • Million
    • Product
    • San
    • Later
    • Market
  • computer terminals
    • Based
    • Company
    • Ctc
    • First
    • Texas
    • Datapoint
    • Name
    • Corporation
    • Systems
    • Antonio
    • Product
    • San
  • san antonio, texas
    • San
    • Corporation
    • Texas
    • Based
    • New
    • Ctc
    • Company
    • Computer
    • Datapoint
    • Inc
    • Phil
    • Using
  • datapoint 3300
    • Inc
    • Early
    • Edelman
    • Name
    • Rms
    • Antonio
    • Intel
    • Million
    • Product
    • San
    • Later
    • Market
  • datapoint 2200
    • Inc
    • Early
    • Edelman
    • Name
    • Rms
    • Antonio
    • Intel
    • Million
    • Product
    • San
    • Later
    • Market
  • personal computer
    • Based
    • Company
    • Ctc
    • First
    • Texas
    • Datapoint
    • Name
    • Corporation
    • Systems
    • Antonio
    • Product
    • San
  • datapoint 2200 and the intel 8008
    • Texas
    • Phil
    • Ray
    • Processor
    • Inc
    • Early
    • Later
    • Roche
    • Edelman
    • Name
    • Rms
    • Antonio

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Datapoint, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Datapoint with Datapoint 2200 and the Intel 8008. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DatapointDatapoint 2200 and the Intel 8008 · splits 53 ⟂ 29
DatapointBoom period: 1973-1980 · splits 65 ⟂ 17
DatapointEarly history · splits 72 ⟂ 10
DatapointDivestiture · splits 73 ⟂ 9
DatapointBackground · splits 74 ⟂ 8
DatapointOverview · splits 77 ⟂ 5
DatapointEdelman takeover · splits 79 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Datapoint

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples110
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Datapoint to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Products & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Datapoint · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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