Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Sandisk article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "us -based multinational corporation which designs and markets flash memory card products". Today it says "american multinational computer technology company based in milpitas". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Sandisk article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The opening as it read in 2005

SanDisk logo SanDisk logo SanDisk Corporation Nasdaq : SNDK , formerly SunDisk , is a US -based multinational corporation which designs and markets flash memory card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, a well-known non-volatile memory technology expert.¹ SanDisk became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in November 1995 . SanDisk produces many different types of Flash Memory, including various memory cards and a series of high-quality USB removable drives.² SanDisk is known for producing two types of products: High-end units that cost more than the typical unit but are of much higher quality. The other type they are known for producing are the economy versions. Sandisk produces some of the cheapest memory cards on the market, but this is not without a downside. The low-cost cards by SanDisk are physically flimsy, enough that they are notorious in the PDA community for breaking without reason. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California , with offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide.³

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SanDisk Corporation ( Nasdaq : SNDK ) is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures flash memory card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra, non-volatile memory technology experts. SanDisk became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in November 1995. In December 2009 its market capitalization was US$6.5 billion. SanDisk produces many different types of flash memory, including various memory cards and a series of USB removable drives. SanDisk markets to both the high-end and low-end sector demand for premium quality flash memory, and markets to other equipment makers as well as direct to consumers. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California , with offices or manufacturing facilities in 10 locations in Asia (including Taiwan, China and Japan), 6 locations in Europe (including the UK, Ireland and Spain), and 3 locations in Israel (Kfar Sava, Tefen and Omer).

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SanDisk Corporation is an American company that designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage solutions and software. SanDisk is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world.

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SanDisk is a brand of Western Digital for flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives , and solid-state drives . It was acquired by Western Digital in 2016. As of March 2019 , Western Digital is the fourth-largest manufacturer of flash memory having declined from third-largest in 2014.

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Brand of flash memory products of Western Digital SanDisk is an American multinational computer technology corporation for flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives , solid-state drives , and digital audio players , manufactured and marketed by Western Digital . The original company, SanDisk Corporation was acquired by Western Digital in 2016. As of March 2019, Western Digital was the fourth-largest manufacturer of flash memory having declined from third-largest in 2014.

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American digital storage corporation Sandisk Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company based in Milpitas, California , that designs and manufactures flash memory products, including memory cards , USB flash drives , and solid-state drives . It was founded in 1988 as SunDisk by Eli Harari , Sanjay Mehrotra , and Jack Yuan. The company developed early flash storage technologies, including the first flash-based solid-state drive introduced in 1991. SunDisk changed its name to SanDisk in 1995 and subsequently held an initial public offering. In 2016, SanDisk was acquired by Western Digital . In 2025, Western Digital spun off its flash storage business as an independent public company under the Sandisk name.

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