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Wikipedia has an article on: IBM (disambiguation)

Initialism

IBM

  1. intercontinental ballistic missile
  2. International Business Machines
  3. International Brotherhood of Magicians
  4. Individual-Based Models

Abbreviation

IBM

  1. (stock symbol) International Business Machines

Noun

Singular IBM

Plural IBMs

IBM (plural IBMs)

  1. (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.
    • 1982, Tracy Kidder, The Soul Of A New Machine (ISBN 0380599317), page 238:
      First, to Sperry Univac, the descendent of the first real computer company, which might have become the IBM of the industry had it not blown its early lead;
    • 1990, Alfred Balk, The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age (ISBN 0887383696), page 81:
      The US lead was mainly due to one firm, the IBM of its small, specialized field: Cray Research Inc.

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