Editing Symbolics (section)

{{Short description|Defunct American computer manufacturer (1980–1996)}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Symbol]]s, or [[Symbolism (disambiguation)|Symbolism]], or the religious study of [[Creed|Symbolics]]}}
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{{more citations needed|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox organization
| name       = Symbolics, Inc.
| type       = Public
| logo       = Symbolics logo color.svg
| successor  = Privately-held Symbolics, Inc.
| founded = {{start date and age|1980|04|09}}<br />[[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| defunct    = {{end date|1996|05|07}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smbx.org/symbolics-bancruptcy-filed/|title=Symbolics Bancruptcy Filed|website=Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>
| founder    = [[Russell Noftsker]]
| location   = [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| products   = [[Server (computing)|Server]]s<br />[[Workstation]]s<br />[[Computer data storage|Storage]]<br />Services
| website    = {{URL|www.symbolics-dks.com}}
}}

[[File:3600-front.jpg|thumb|100px|Symbolics 3600]]

'''Symbolics, Inc.''', is a privately held American [[computer]] software maker that acquired the assets of the former manufacturing company of the identical name and continues to sell and maintain the [[Open Genera]] [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] system and the [[Macsyma]] [[computer algebra system]].<ref name="symbolics-dks">[http://www.symbolics-dks.com/ Symbolics], Sales by David Schmidt</ref>

[[File:Symbolics_logo_color.svg|thumb|right|Symbolics Logo]]
The symbolics.com domain was [[List of the oldest currently-registered Internet domain names|originally registered]] on 15 March 1985,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/symbolics.com|title=Symbolics.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> making it the first [[.com]]-domain in the world. In August 2009, it was sold to napkin.com (formerly XF.com) Investments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/27/25-years-later-first-registered-domain-name-changes-hands/|title=25 Years Later, First Registered Domain Name Changes Hands|first=Robin|last=Wauters|date=27 August 2009 |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>