gmd

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<company, history> A former German research centre.

Full name: "GMD - Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH" (German National Research Center for Information Technology).

Before April 1995, GMD stood for "Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung" - National Research Center for Computer Science, it is retained for historical reasons.

In 2000-2001 GMD was integrated into the FhG (Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research).

The gmd.de website says (in German):

"GMD (Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH, before March 1995: Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH) no longer exists!"

Address: PO Box 1316, D-53731 Sankt Augustin 1, Germany

(1995-04-10)