IBM
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- International Business Machines.
- International Brotherhood of Magicians.
- Russian: Ай-Би-Э́м
IBM (plural IBMs)
- Intercontinental ballistic missile.
- 1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 6, June 1956, page 186)
- They see this last possibility in an international agreement to stop further atomic and thermonuclear bomb tests and halt the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBMs).
- 1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 6, June 1956, page 186)
- (figuratively) A company that dominates its field.
- 1968, George Washington University, Computers-in-Law Institute, National Law Center, The Law of Software: 1968 Proceedings:
- Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market.
- 1968, George Washington University, Computers-in-Law Institute, National Law Center, The Law of Software: 1968 Proceedings:
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