"HP" most commonly stands for Hewlett-Packard, which is a consumer electronics company that manufactures computers, laptops, printers and other devices. "HP" could also be an abbreviation for home page, high performance or headphones.
The Hewlett-Packard logo is a lowercase "hp" in white italic letters inside a blue circle and appears on all of its products. Hewlett-Packard was founded in 1939 by William Hewlett and Dave Packard. The two met at Stanford University and formed their company in a garage in Palo Alto. Since then, the company has risen to global prominence by becoming the world's second-largest PC vendor.
