Meaning & use
Tandy
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Meaning
proper nounproperbusiness
An American electronics and leather-goods business that owned the RadioShack chain and sold some of the first home computers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Grammar: Used as a name with no article: Tandy sold its early computers through its own shops.
Patterns
- a Tandy computer
- the Tandy Corporation
Tandy sold its TRS-80 computer through RadioShack stores across the United States.
My uncle still keeps the Tandy computer he bought for his first business.
Tandy later sold much of its computer business and focused on electronics retail.
Common combinations
- Tandy Corporation
- The Tandy Corporation grew from a leather business into an electronics giant.
- a Tandy computer
- He learned to program on a Tandy computer at his grandfather's house.
- Tandy TRS-80
- The Tandy TRS-80 was one of the first mass-market personal computers.
- Tandy Radio Shack
- Many hobbyists bought parts at Tandy Radio Shack stores.
Word family
- RadioShack proper noun
- the electronics retail chain owned by Tandy
- TRS-80 proper noun
- the early personal computer sold by Tandy
Commonly confused: Tandy or tandem?
Tandy vs tandem
Tandem is an ordinary word for two things working or traveling together, such as a bicycle for two; it is not related to the company name.
Practice
Which business is most closely associated with the name Tandy?
Choose one answer.
Tandy owned RadioShack and sold early home computers. The other options describe industries with no link to the company.
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