Univac, and eventually was itself taken over by Burroughs. The merged companies became Unisys, from United Information Systems. Spiratone – from the last name of founders Fred and Hans Spira. The company was founded as Spiratone Fine Grain Laboratories. The "tone" suffix was common in the photographic industry (an example cited by Fred is Royaltone) at the time of the company's founding in the 1940s. Sprint – from its parent company, Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Communications. At the time, pipelines and railroad tracks were the cheapest place to lay communications lines, as the right-of-way was already leased or owned. SRAM Corporation – bicycle component manufacturer named from its founders Scott King, Stanley Ray Day, and Sam Patterson SRI International – from Stanford Research Institute, established by the trustees of Stanford University, California SSH Communications Security – from the company's principal product, SSH (Secure Shell). SSL – former initialism for Space Systems/Loral, the result of Loral (above) acquiring Ford Aerospace's Space Systems Division Stanley Works – name created to reflect the merger of Stanley's Bolt Manufactory of New Britain, Connecticut (founded by Frederick Trent Stanley) and the Stanley Rule and Level Company (founded by his cousin Henry Stanley) Starbucks – named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, also a variation of Starbo; at the time, a local mining camp north of Seattle. Stellantis – automotive manufacturer domiciled in the Netherlands; derived from the Latin verb stello meaning "to brighten with stars". Stellent – coined from a combination of the words stellar and excellent. Stora Enso – from the merger of Swedish Stora AB and Finnish Enso Oyj, ultimately deriving from "Stora Kopparberg" (Swedish for "great copper mountain", referring to the Falun Mine) and Enso, the Finnish name for the city of Svetogorsk in Russia. Sturm, Ruger – from its founders, Alexander McCormick Sturm and William B. Ruger. STX – pronounced as the word "sticks" because, when first founded, STX manufactured only lacrosse sticks Subaru – from the Japanese name for the constellation known to Westerners as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, was formed from a merger of six companies, and the constellation is featured on the company's logo. Sumazi – social data intelligence company named after its Bangladeshi-American founder Sumaya Kazi. Sun Microsystems – its founders designed their first workstation in their dorm at Stanford University, and chose the name Stanford University