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IBM
- /ˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/
proper noun
- Initialism of International Business Machines "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.
- Initialism of International Brotherhood of Magicians
- Initialism of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc
noun IBMs
- Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile 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).
- Initialism of inclusion body myositis
- A company that dominates its field. Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market.
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Talk about this word "IBM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ibm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. IBM. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ibm "IBM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ibm.Cite this
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title = {IBM},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ibm},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
