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{{Short description|Defunct American software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name                = Digital Research, Inc.
| image               = File:Gary kildall801lighthouse.jpg
| image_caption       = Original headquarters of Digital Research on 801 Lighthouse Ave, [[Pacific Grove, California]]. On the sidewalk, to the left, is a commemorative plaque.
| logo                = File:Digital Research Logo.svg
| type                = Private<ref name="Markoff_1991"/>
| industry            = [[Software]]
| fate                = Acquired by [[Novell]]
| defunct             = {{End date and age|1991|df=yes}}
| founded             = {{Start date and age|1974|df=yes}} in [[Pacific Grove, California]], [[United States]]
| founder             = [[Gary Kildall]]
| hq_location_city    = {{unbulleted list|Pacific Grove, California|[[Monterey, California]]}}
| hq_location_country = <!-- United States -->
| key_people          = {{unbulleted list|Gary Kildall (CEO)|[[Dorothy McEwen Kildall]]|[[Gordon Eubanks]]|[[Tom Rolander]]|[[Kathryn Strutynski]]|[[Ed McCracken]]}}
| products            = [[Compiler]]s, [[operating system]]s, [[graphical user interface]]s
| num_employees       = {{unbulleted list|2 (1976)<ref name="DRI_1982_Expansion"/>|9 (November 1978)<ref name="DRI_1982_Expansion"/>|24 (August 1980)<ref name="DRI_1982_Expansion"/>|~82–100 (1981)<ref name="Caruso_1984_Rebounds"/>|~200 (summer 1982)<ref name="DRI_1982_Expansion"/>|~280 (1982)<ref name="Caruso_1984_Rebounds"/>|530 (1983)<ref name="Caruso_1984_Rebounds"/>|~500 (1984)<ref name="Caruso_1984_Rebounds"/><!-- >500 in ca. mid 1984 --><ref name="Burton_1985_Short"/>|~300 (1985)<!-- <300 in July 1985 --><ref name="Burton_1985_Short"/><!-- ca. 200+100 --><ref name="Watt_1986_Reorg"/>|240<!-- 140+100 --> (1986)<ref name="Watt_1986_Reorg"/>|273 (1990)<ref name="BW_1991"/>|290 (1991)<ref name="Schulman_1994_Undocumented-DOS"/>}}
| revenue             = {{unbulleted list|{{currency|amount=45.0|code=USD|fmt=gaps|linked=yes}}&nbsp;million (1983)<!-- this source speaks of "sales sitting in the bank" --><ref name="caruso19840402"/>|<!--  the following sources speak of "total revenue": -->{{currency|amount=36.2|code=USD|fmt=gaps|linked=no}}&nbsp;million (1989)<ref name="BW_1991"/>|{{currency|amount=40.9|code=USD|fmt=gaps|linked=no}}&nbsp;million (1990)<ref name="BW_1991"/>|{{currency|amount=45.5|code=USD|fmt=gaps|linked=no}}&nbsp;million (1991)<ref name="Schulman_1994_Undocumented-DOS"/>}}
| homepage            = {{URL|www.digitalresearch.biz}}
}}
'''Digital Research, Inc.''' ('''DR''' or '''DRI''') was a privately held American software company created by [[Gary Kildall]] to market and develop his [[CP/M operating system]] and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like [[MP/M]], [[Concurrent DOS]], [[FlexOS]], [[Multiuser DOS]], [[DOS Plus]], [[DR&nbsp;DOS]] and [[Graphics Environment Manager|GEM]]. It was the first large software company in the [[microcomputer]] world.<ref name="InfoWorld May 1981"/> Digital Research was originally based in [[Pacific Grove, California]], later in [[Monterey, California]].