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initialism
IBM

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

abbreviation
IBM

1. stock symbol International Business Machines

Noun
en-noun

1. figurative 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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