"IBM" meaning in English

See IBM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/ Audio: en-ca-IBM.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IBM
  1. Initialism of International Business Machines. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Business Machines Translations (International Business Machines): آي بي إم (ʔay bī ʔem) [masculine] (Arabic), أيبيإم (ʔay bī ʔem) [masculine] (Arabic), アイ・ビー・エム (Ai-bī-emu) (Japanese), IBM [masculine, neuter] (Polish), Ай-Би-Э́м (Aj-Bi-Ém) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-name-P7jfscUG Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of 'International Business Machines': 82 11 7
  2. Initialism of International Brotherhood of Magicians. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Brotherhood of Magicians
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-name-PlTiw2Z9 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. (geology) Initialism of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Categories (topical): Geology, IBM Derived forms: IBMer, IBMese, IBM-compatible, IBM PC, IBM Pollyanna Principle
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-name-lbpUZFzv Disambiguation of IBM: 17 13 50 5 8 6 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 49 5 8 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 13 44 4 18 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 15 52 4 8 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 15 55 3 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 15 15 48 7 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 15 47 4 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 15 43 6 13 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 15 47 4 12 7 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/ Audio: en-ca-IBM.ogg Forms: IBMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IBM (countable and uncountable, plural IBMs)
  1. (weaponry) Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: intercontinental ballistic missile Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare, Weapons
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-noun-q54NZ9nB Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. (pathology) Initialism of inclusion body myositis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: inclusion body myositis Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-noun-Ryv9PNIT Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  3. (figuratively) A company that dominates its field. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-IBM-en-noun-mH2keISD

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          "ref": "1990, William Elliott Butler, Perestroika and International Law, page 155:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1968, George Washington University, Computers-in-Law Institute, National Law Center, The Law of Software: 1968 Proceedings",
          "text": "Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Tracy Kidder, The Soul Of A New Machine, →ISBN, page 238:",
          "text": "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;",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Alfred Balk, The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age, →ISBN, page 81:",
          "text": "The US lead was mainly due to one firm, the IBM of its small, specialized field: Cray Research Inc.",
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        "A company that dominates its field."
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}

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