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Stac Electronics

Stac Electronics, originally incorporated as State of the Art Consulting and later shortened to Stac, Inc., was a technology company founded in 1983. It is known primarily for its Lempel–Ziv–Stac lossless compression algorithm and Stacker disk compression utility for compressing data for storage.

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Founded
1983; 43 years ago (1983) as State of the Art Consulting in Pasadena, California, United States
Industry
Computer software
Headquarters
Carlsbad, California, United States
Fate
Dissolved in 2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Formerly
State of the Art Consulting · Stac Electronics
Founder
Gary Clow, Doug Whiting, John Tanner, Mike Schuster, William Dally, Scott Karns, Robert Monsour, Robert Johnson, Hugh Ness

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Stac Electronics

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples24
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Stac Electronics

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related to Microsoft lawsuit · 14
Stac Electronics → As, California, DoubleSpace, Following, In, Later, Microsoft, Morgan Chu, MS-DOS, Prior, Stac, Stac's, Stac's Stacker, The
Formerly · 2
Stac Electronics → Stac Electronics, State of the Art Consulting
Fate · 1
Stac Electronics → Dissolved in 2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Founded · 1
Stac Electronics → 1983; 43 years ago (1983) as State of the Art Consulting in Pasadena, California, United States
Founder · 1
Stac Electronics → Gary Clow, Doug Whiting, John Tanner, Mike Schuster, William Dally, Scott Karns, Robert Monsour, Robert Johnson, Hugh Ness
Headquarters · 1
Stac Electronics → Carlsbad, California, United States
Industry · 1
Stac Electronics → Computer software
Products · 1
Stac Electronics → Stacker disk compression utility
Type · 1
Stac Electronics → Public

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stac microsoft compression disk software stacker company utility stac's technology data california 1983 drive product later electronics 2002 carlsbad chip

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Stac ElectronicsFateDissolved in 2002; 24 years ago (2002)1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsFormerlyState of the Art Consulting1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsFormerlyStac Electronics1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsFounded1983; 43 years ago (1983) as State of the Art Consulting in Pasadena, California, United States1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsFounderGary Clow, Doug Whiting, John Tanner, Mike Schuster, William Dally, Scott Karns, Robert Monsour, Robert Johnson, Hugh Ness1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsHeadquartersCarlsbad, California, United States1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsIndustryComputer software1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsProductsStacker disk compression utility1.00infobox
Stac ElectronicsTypePublic1.00infobox
Microsoft's new Windows user interface were becoming popularinstance ofat a time when larger software packages0.80text
Stac Electronicsrelated to Microsoft lawsuitIn0.60section
Stac Electronicsrelated to Microsoft lawsuitMicrosoft0.60section

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