Olivetti

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Olivetti
name of a brand of typewriters manufactured by a company in Turin, 1949; currently the only manufacturer of manual typewriters.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Olivetti definition

company
A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers.
Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985.
Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
[Address? Other products?]
(1995-03-14)

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