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'''Palo Alto''' [ˌpæloʊ_ˈæltoʊ] is 'n nedersetting in die noordwestelike hoek van die administratiewe distrik Santa Clara County in die [[Verenigde State van Amerika|Amerikaanse]] deelstaat [[Kalifornië]]. Palo Alto, wat in die San Francisco-baaigebied geleë is, word bestuur as 'n sogenaamde ''charter city'' ('n nedersetting wat sy munisipale regering volgens sy eie statuut - en dus nie Kalifornië se algemene wet nie - gereël het. Sy naam is afgelei van die [[Spaans]]e term vir "hoë boom".
Palo Alto was established by [[Leland Stanford Sr.]] when he founded [[Stanford University]], following the death of his son, [[Leland Stanford Jr.]] The city includes portions of [[Stanford University]] and is headquarters to a number of [[technology|high-technology]] companies, including [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP), [[Space Systems/Loral]], [[VMware]], [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], [[Ford Research and Innovation Center]], [[PARC (company)|PARC]], [[IDEO]], [[Skype]], [[Palantir Technologies]], [[Houzz]], and [[Lockheed Martin]] Advanced Technology Center.<ref>https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/space/atc.html</ref> Palo Alto has also served as an incubator and as headquarters to several other prominent [[high-technology]] companies such as [[Apple_Inc | Apple]],<ref>http://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/apple.applei.1976.102646518.pdf</ref> [[Google]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23672621/google-buys-nearly-15-acres-palo-alto |last=Green |first=Jason |title=Google Buys Nearly 15 acres in Palo Alto |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=San Jose Mercury-News |accessdate= January 25, 2015 }}</ref> [[Facebook]], [[Logitech]],<ref>http://www.logitech.com/lang/pdf/logitech_history_200703.pdf</ref> [[Intuit]], [[Pinterest]], and [[PayPal]].
Palo Alto shares its borders with [[East Palo Alto, California|East Palo Alto]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]], [[Los Altos Hills, California|Los Altos Hills]], [[Stanford, California|Stanford]], [[Portola Valley, California|Portola Valley]], and [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]]. It is named after a [[Sequoia sempervirens|coastal redwood tree]] called [[El Palo Alto]].
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