Ibm

//ˌʌɪbiːˈɛm// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of intercontinental ballistic missile. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "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)."

  2. 2
    Initialism of inclusion body myositis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    A company that dominates its field. countable, figuratively, uncountable

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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of International Business Machines. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    ""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."

  2. 2
    Initialism of International Brotherhood of Magicians. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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Example

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"IBM has the lion's share of the large computer market; nobody else even comes close."

Related phrases

IBM PCIBM Pollyanna PrincipleIBM-compatible

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