Symantec Corporation, the World's largest personal computer security software maker. Symantec was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix using a NSF grant, in the begining - Symantec's core interest was artificial intelligence-related projects, including a database program. Symantec was acquired in 1984 by a small company called C&E Software. The merged company retained the name Symantec. Its first product, Q&A, was released in 1985. In August 1990, Symantec purchased Peter Norton Computing, a developer of various applications for DOS. Symantec's consumer antivirus and data management utilities are today marketed under Peter Norton's name. Symantec's consumer division, Norton, accounts for 1/3 of the company's revenue and includes Norton 360, Norton AntiVirus (for Windows and Mac), Norton Internet Security (for Windows and Mac), Norton SystemWorks (which now contains Norton Utilities), Norton Save & Restore, Norton Ghost, Norton pcAnywhere, Norton Smartphone Security, Norton Partition Magic, Norton Online Backup, and OnlineFamily.Norton.