Meaning of IBM | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of International Business Machines.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. Initialism of International Brotherhood of Magicians.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Initialism of inclusion body myositis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
5. Initialism of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A company that dominates its field.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

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“"I was one of them," recalled Mr. Detmer, who is now 47. "When I graduated from high school in 1966, I got my first job working on the assembly line at the I.B.M. plant⟳, where I earned $2 an hour putting together mainframe computers.”

“The study⟳ found that U.S. technology company IBM had by far the largest number⟳ of AI-related patents, with 8,920.”

“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).”

“Today we need⟳ a defense against IBM attack. When as chief of R&D I urged Army Ordnance to develop⟳ an antimissile missile, I heard repeatedly that you can't hit a bullet with a bullet, so it is impossible to develop⟳ such a missile.”

“Thus, they limit⟳ to a strictly defined number⟳ the quantity of armed IBMs in the USSR and the United States, as well as ballistic missiles of submarines.”

“Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market.”

“First, to Sperry Univac, the descendent^([sic]) of the first real computer company, which might have⟳ become⟳ the IBM of the industry had it not blown its early lead⟳;”

“The US lead⟳ was mainly due to one firm, the IBM of its small, specialized field: Cray Research⟳ Inc.”

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