Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Texas Instruments
     
         (TI) A US electronics company.
     
        A TI engineer, {Jack Kilby} invented the {integrated circuit}
        in 1958.  Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start
        {Compaq}.
     
        The {COOL} and {OATH} {C++} {class} libraries were developed
        at TI, as were {PDL2} and the {ASC} computer, {PC-Scheme} and
        {Texas Instruments Pascal}.
     
        {(ftp://ti.com/)}.
     
        (1994-09-26)