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The Company
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
The Company

A.    THE COMPANY

Teradyne, Inc. is a leading global supplier of automatic test equipment. Teradyne’s automatic test equipment products and services include:

 

   

semiconductor test (“Semiconductor Test”) systems;

 

   

wireless test (“Wireless Test”) systems; and

 

   

military/aerospace (“Mil/Aero”) test instrumentation and systems, storage test (“Storage Test”) systems, and circuit-board test and inspection (“Commercial Board Test”) systems (collectively these products represent “System Test”).