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Agilent Names Semiconductor Spinoff

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2006 -- "Verigy" will be the name of Agilent Technologies Inc.'s semiconductor test spinoff company, which is expected to separate from Agilent this year. The company said the name is built from the Latin prefix "veri-" ("true, genuine"), which is the root of "verification" ("to prove the truth of, substantiate") and so ties the name to the test business. The "-gy" suffix comes from the combining form "-logy," meaning the name of sciences or bodies of knowledge, as in biology and geology. "Verigy describes a company dealing with the true nature of things,"...Read full article

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    Published: January 2006
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