Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Labs (pronounced: /bɛl læbz/), also known as Bell Laboratories and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories, is an American industrial research and scientific development company. It is owned by Finnish company Nokia.
Etymology
The name "Bell Labs" is derived from its original founder, Alexander Graham Bell, an eminent scientist and inventor who is most famous for inventing the telephone. The "Labs" part of the name refers to the company's focus on research and development in various scientific and technological fields.
History
Bell Labs was established in 1925 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) and Western Electric, AT&T's manufacturing subsidiary. It was named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. The company has made significant contributions to the development of telecommunications and technology, including the invention of the transistor, the laser, and the operating system Unix.
Related Terms
- Nokia: The Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company that currently owns Bell Labs.
- Transistor: A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power, invented at Bell Labs.
- Laser: A device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation, also invented at Bell Labs.
- Unix: A family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, developed at Bell Labs.
- Western Electric: An American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that was the primary supplier to AT&T from 1881 to 1996, and jointly established Bell Labs with AT&T.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Bell Labs
- Wikipedia's article - Bell Labs
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