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THE COMPANY | 62 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
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 “Systems Test Group”).

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