"Capcom" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: A clipped compound of Capsule Computers, a term coined by the company for the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread. Capsule alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to “a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun”, and to the company’s desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Capcom
  1. (video games, trademark) A Japanese video game developer and publisher Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-Capcom-en-name-5CI~1bR- Categories (other): English trademarks Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Capcoms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Capcom (plural Capcoms)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: CAPCOM
    Sense id: en-Capcom-en-noun-YgujPgxZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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