BUNCH

BUNCH (German Rudel) was the nickname of a group of five major computer companies, formed from the initials of these companies. Edit predecessor source text

In the 1960s there were eight computer companies in the US called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. IBM was the Snow White, Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR (National Cash Register), Control Data, Honeywell, RCA (Radio Corporation of America) and General Electric were the seven dwarves. Edit sourcetext

In 1970 General Electric sold his computer division to Honeywell. In 1971 the computer area of ​​RCA was discontinued. The initials of the remaining five dwarfs were "BUNCH". They stand for Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Control Data and Honeywell and became the nickname of this group of computer companies. ResolutionDiscount source text

In the 1980s and 1990s BUNCH broke up. Univac was taken over by Burroughs; it was Unisys. Control Data discontinued computer construction, and Honeywell sold computer computers to Bull Computer.

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