National Instruments

American industrial technology company
Organization business Q1544413
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National Instruments

Summary

National Instruments is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,288 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Instruments was a member of SD Association[3].
  • National Instruments was a member of Wireless Power Consortium[4].
  • National Instruments is in the country of United States[5].
  • National Instruments is in the country of US[6].
  • National Instruments's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • National Instruments's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • National Instruments's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • National Instruments's founder is recorded as James Truchard[10].
  • National Instruments's headquarters location is recorded as Austin[11].
  • National Instruments's child organization or unit is recorded as National Instruments (Ireland)[12].
  • National Instruments's child organization or unit is recorded as Digilent[13].
  • National Instruments's child organization or unit is recorded as Ettus Research[14].
  • National Instruments's Commons category is recorded as National Instruments[15].
  • National Instruments's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[16].
  • National Instruments's industry is recorded as information technology[17].
  • January 1, 1976 marks the founding of National Instruments[18].
  • 1994-05-02 marks the founding of National Instruments[19].
  • National Instruments's location of formation is recorded as Austin[20].
  • National Instruments's official website is recorded as http://www.ni.com/[21].
  • National Instruments's product or material produced is recorded as software[22].
  • National Instruments's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+6235'}[23].
  • National Instruments's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[24].
  • National Instruments's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[25].
  • National Instruments's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27248'}[26].
  • National Instruments's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27624'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300TP4OOPCYWDUP86[28]

  • Registered legal name: National Instruments Corporation[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 1994-05-02[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-12-06[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-05-26[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2024-05-25[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 2398688[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

National Instruments's founder is recorded as James Truchard[10]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1976[18] and 1994-05-02[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as Austin[20].

Operations

National Instruments's headquarters location is recorded as Austin[11]. Subsidiaries include it (Ireland)[12], a business[43], in Ireland[44], founded in 1976[45], headquartered in Dublin[46]; Digilent[13], a business[47], in United States[48], founded in 2000[49], headquartered in Pullman[50]; and Ettus Research[14].

Industry

National Instruments's industry is recorded as information technology[17].

Ownership

National Instruments's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[16]. Its product or material produced is recorded as software[22].

Why It Matters

National Instruments ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,288 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wirelesspowerconsortium.com. Retrieved . wirelesspowerconsortium.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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