(IEEE) (1) The arrangement of a computer system or component as defined by the number, nature, and interconnections of its constituent parts. (2) In configuration management, the functional and physical characteristics of hardware or software as set forth in technical documentation or achieved in a product.
Inc. after a company name means that the business in question has incorporated within its home state. Status as a C-corporation or an S-Corporation depends on tax filings with the Internal Revenue Service. Incorporation produces a separate entity -- in essence a fictional person created by law.
Whatever the reason for the merger, only one company will exist to become the main entity after the merger, and certain procedures must take place. To incorporate the new, combined company, file new articles of incorporation with the office of the secretary of the state in the state in which the company is registered.