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Toshiba

Toshiba

11 3.3
A large Japanese company that makes electronics like laptops and TVs
  • proper noun
  • /toʊˈʃiːbə/
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  • We currently have manuals for just a few Toshiba laptops, but it's nowhere near good enough.
  • Toshiba Corporation
  • Toshiba International
  • Toshiba International in Houston

They look to Japan and the US, the corporate coalition between Toshiba and Westinghouse and Hitachi and General Electric.

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Examples

  • I was visiting Toshiba one day many years ago when the first Bluetooth worked.

  • We're going to start with the 50 most popular Toshiba laptops on the market.

    Blog text (17)

  • This was a Toshiba research fellow, not really a student.

  • For two of our samples, the Gateway and Toshiba, performance changes were negligible.

    Blog text (19)

  • John Hemphill is the manager of group automation for Toshiba International Corp., Houston, Texas.

    Academic text (2001)

  • There was a glass-encased showroom and a perfect Japanese garden on the grounds of the Toshiba factory.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Satellite U845W is the first Toshiba laptop with an ultra-wide 21:9 cinematic display.

    Blog text (10)

  • IBM also has an important alliance with Toshiba in liquid crystal displays, an alliance which, according to Chaudhari, McGroddy engineered.

    Academic text (1994)

  • By incorporating Toshiba's proprietary Virtual Linear Pump (VLP) technology, the P9 directly controls pressure or flow.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Many students choose Toshiba laptops for their reliability and performance.

Synonyms

Sony
vsToshiba
224 1.6

A large Japanese company that makes electronics and entertainment

is a Japanese maker of electronics and wider technology products
Nintendo
vsToshiba
126 3.0

A Japanese company that makes video games and game consoles

is a general electronics and technology maker not limited to games
Panasonic
vsToshiba
13 1.7

A Japanese company that makes electronics like televisions and cameras

is a broader electronics and technology manufacturer beyond household appliances

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Toshiba comes from joining To- (from Tokyo) and -shiba (from Shibaura), names linked to the original Japanese companies and the place where it began. That's why the company and its technology are called Toshiba.