Amiga (disambiguation)
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Amiga is the Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word for "friend" in the feminine (i.e., "female friend") and may also refer to:
Businesses and products
- AmigaAmigaThe Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
is the name of a series of personal computers. The Amiga name may also refer to the following:- AmigaOSAmigaOSAmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000...
, the operating system of the Amiga personal computer - Amiga CorporationAmiga CorporationAmiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:...
, the company (now defunct) that originally developed the Amiga personal computer - Commodore-Amiga, Inc., a subsidiary of Commodore InternationalCommodore InternationalCommodore is the commonly used name for Commodore Business Machines , the U.S.-based home computer manufacturer and electronics manufacturer headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which also housed Commodore's corporate parent company, Commodore International Limited...
(both now defunct) that developed and marketed models of the Amiga personal computer - Amiga Technologies GmbH, a subsidiary of Escom (both now defunct) that was set up following their purchase of Commodore International in 1996
- Amiga, Inc. (South Dakota)Amiga, Inc. (South Dakota)Amiga, Inc. was incorporated in South Dakota in 1997, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000, Inc. After acquiring from German ESCOM AG certain Amiga-related intellectual property assets in 1997, Gateway decided to keep the patents, and try to run Amiga, Inc...
, the original 1997 Gateway subsidiary named Amiga, Inc. (incorporated in the US state of South Dakota) - Amiga, Inc.Amiga, Inc.Amiga, Inc. is the company that holds the intellectual property associated with the Amiga personal computer , including the Amiga trademark.-Brief history of Amiga brand:...
, the company that currently holds the trademark to Amiga (incorporated in the US state of Delaware)
- AmigaOS
- Amiga (record label) is a record label that originated in East Germany
See also
- Amigo (disambiguation)
- Amica (disambiguation)Amica (disambiguation)Amica is the Latin word for "friend" in the feminine and may also refer to:-Businesses and products:* Amica Mutual Insurance, a US-based insurance company* Hyundai Amica, a city car produced by Hyundai-Sports:...
- Amicus (disambiguation)Amicus (disambiguation)Amicus is Latin for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:-Organizations:* Amicus, the former British trade union, now merged with TGWU to Unite* Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada...