Microdata Corporation was an Irvine, California-based minicomputer company who created the Reality product line featuring the Pick operating system. In its history, Microdata * was taken over by its international distributor CMC Leasings (December 1969), * which in turn was taken over in 1983 by McDonnell Douglas Corporation (March 1983), * that division was spun off as McDonnell Douglas Information Systems (1993) * which became part of Northgate Information Solutions (April 2000). * which was acquired by NEC in 2018 and rebranded to NEC Software Solutions UK in 2021.