is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese computer peripheral manufacturer. They manufacture hard disk drives, Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

 hubs, USB cables, etc. It gained fame for its durable external hard disk which survived the 122 cm (4 feet) drop test, which is used in some military equipment tests. Other than its headquarters in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, I-O Data owns many offices in Asia.

The name "i-o" means input - output. A similar name is used in Data I/O Corporation

Data I/O Corporation

Data I/O Corporation is a manufacturer of programming and automated device handling systems for programmable integrated circuits. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington with sales and engineering offices worldwide.- History :...

, another electronics manufacturer in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, but there is no connection between the two.

See also

1. http://www.iodata.com
2. http://www.iodata.com/en/corporate/index.htm
3. http://www.iodata.jp (Japanese Site)