Apple Computers | Steve Jobs, the founder chose the name as he was fond of the fruit. When he failed to find a better name, he settled on "Apple Computers" after threatening his colleagues with the choice if they couldn't come up with an alternative by 5 pm.

Adobe | Founder Warnock's house was situated near the Adobe Creek river which inspired the name of the company.

Google | Originally named 'Googol,' the search engine's name represented the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. The founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their idea to an investor who mistakenly wrote a check to Google and the name stuck.

Sony | The name is derived from the Latin word "sonus," meaning sound, and "sonny," a slang term used to describe a bright youngster.

Yahoo | Inspired by Jonathan Swift's book "Gulliver's Travels," the founders' Jerry Yang and David Filo, chose the name because they saw themselves as "yahoos."

Motorola | The name was inspired by the popular radio company at the time, Victrola, when founder Paul Galvin started manufacturing radios for cars.

Xerox | Derived from the Greek word "xer," meaning dry, inventor Chester Carlson chose the name for his dry copying product.

Sun Microsystems | Founded by four Stanford University friends, the name stands for "Stanford University Network."

Microsoft | The name was coined by Bill Gates to represent the company's focus on "MICROcomputer SOFTware." It was initially “Micro-Soft,” but the hyphen was later dropped.

Intel | Originally, founders Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name the company "Moore Noyce," but the name was already trademarked by a hotel chain. They settled on an acronym of "INTegrated ELectronics" instead.

Hewlett-Packard | The company's name was decided by a coin toss between founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, who decided it would be either "Hewlett-Packard" or "Packard-Hewlett."

Oracle | While working on a CIA project, founders Larry Ellison and Bob Oats named their company “Oracle,” which represented the system to give answers to all questions.

Cisco | The name is an abbreviation of “San Francisco,” the city where the company was founded. The logo of the company reflects its San Francisco heritage, with a stylised Golden Gate Bridge.