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| | Synon/2E Definition |
 | | An integrated development environment for AS/400s originally introduced in 1988 by Synon, Inc., Larkspur, CA (derived from and pronounced "sign on"). |
 | | Founded in England in 1983 by Simon Williams, Synon also built the Obsydian product, an object-oriented PC-based environment that is used to develop C++ code for Windows clients and RPG code for AS/400 servers. |
 | | In 1998, Synon was acquired by Sterling Software, in turn purchased by Computer Associates in 2000. |
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