Since the acquisition, several computer-related companies have been founded with this name, or a similar one.
The Nasdaq composite index, which gets 40 percent of its value from computer-related companies, sank 38.85, or 1.9 percent, to 2008.78.
Other technology stocks, especially those of computer-related companies, also rose.
Undoubtedly, a lot of computer-related companies will get real business, and real profits, from working on the millennium mess.
For a while, I considered starting a computer-related company in India.
Nine of the 10 most active Nasdaq issues were software or computer-related companies, and they all fell in price for various reasons.
This version applies to any kind of product or service, although many of the examples are drawn from the computer field and computer-related companies.
There were then two computer-related companies among the top 10.
The new Dow has four computer-related companies, three financial behemoths, just one oil company and no steel makers.
Other computer-related companies were also hard hit by investors concerned about waning demand.