VAIO

Japanese PCs and consumer electronics manufacturer
Organization business Q849488
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VAIO

Summary

VAIO is a business[1]. VAIO ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (659 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • VAIO was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance[3].
  • VAIO was a member of SD Association[4].
  • VAIO is in the country of Japan[5].
  • VAIO's image is recorded as VAIO HQ.jpg[6].
  • VAIO's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • VAIO's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • VAIO's instance of is recorded as computer manufacturer[9].
  • VAIO's founder is recorded as Sony Group[10].
  • VAIO's owned by is recorded as Sony Group[11].
  • VAIO's owned by is recorded as Japan Industrial Partners[12].
  • VAIO's logo image is recorded as Vaio.svg[13].
  • VAIO's headquarters location is recorded as Azumino[14].
  • VAIO's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2005005762[15].
  • VAIO's child organization or unit is recorded as VFR[16].
  • VAIO's Commons category is recorded as Vaio[17].
  • VAIO's industry is recorded as computer industry[18].
  • +1996-09-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of VAIO[19].
  • VAIO's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g5tx[20].
  • VAIO's location of formation is recorded as Fujisawa[21].
  • VAIO's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Group[22].
  • VAIO's official website is recorded as https://www.vaio.com/[23].
  • VAIO's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vaio[24].
  • VAIO's product or material produced is recorded as personal computer[25].
  • VAIO's USB vendor ID is recorded as 2a7e[26].
  • VAIO's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/4010001208356[27].

Body

Founding

VAIO's founder is recorded as Sony Group[10]. +1996-09-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of VAIO[19]. VAIO's location of formation is recorded as Fujisawa[21].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'VAIO Corporation'}[28] and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'VAIO株式会社'}[29].

Operations

VAIO's headquarters location is recorded as Azumino[14]. VAIO's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Group[22]. VAIO's child organization or unit is recorded as VFR[16].

Industry

VAIO's industry is recorded as computer industry[18].

Ownership

Owners include Sony Group[11], a holding company[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1946[32], headquartered in Minato[33] and Japan Industrial Partners[12], a business[34], in Japan[35], founded in 2002[36], headquartered in Marunouchi[37]. VAIO's product or material produced is recorded as personal computer[25].

Why It Matters

VAIO ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (659 views/month).[2] VAIO has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] VAIO is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wi-fi.org. Retrieved . wi-fi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [4] . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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