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IBM
"Big Blue" redirects here. For , see . For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or (colloquially) Big Blue; NYSE: [IBM]) is an American computer technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. The company is one of the few infor..
IBM370/AIX
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IBM5x86C
IBM 5x86C Processor IBM-branded and produced version of the Cyrix-designed Cyrix Cx5x86 CPU. Specifications iDX4WB pinout, 168 pinsSocket 32.0 million transistors on 0.65 micrometre process144 mm² die3.3 volt electricity usage16 kilobyte unified level-one cache 75 MHz capable edition for ..
IBMBIO.COM
IBMBIO.COM serves exactly the same purpose as IO.SYS and it is part of PC-DOS and earlier versions of MS-DOS. ..
IBMDOS.COM
IBMDOS.COM is the DR-DOS and PC-DOS equivalent of the MS-DOS file MSDOS.SYS. ..
IBM (disambiguation)
IBM might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Inclusion body myositisInternational Business Machines Corporation*IBM IndiaInternational Brotherhood of MagiciansIntercontinental ballistic missiles ..
IBM 1013
The IBM 1013, a device manufactured by IBM transmitted 80-column cards to another 1013 and received from another 1013. The speed was generally considered 100 cards per minute but believe it could be faster if programmed to send/receive only a portion of the cards if all 80 columns were not used...
IBM 1130
Operator loading a 2315 disk cartridge into the IBM 1130 computer. To the rear are a 1442 card reader/punch (left) and a 1332 line printer (right). The IBM 1130 Computing System was introduced in 1965. It was IBM's least-expensive computer to date, and was aimed at price-sensitive, computing-i..
IBM 1130/snoopy calendar
The follow example of a Snoopy Calendar is typical of FORTRAN IV computer programs of the 1960's and 1970's. Various Hacker tests (Joke sites) and the classic "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, They Use FORTRAN" article refer to a Snoopy Calendar from 1969 being pinned up on the wall of a 'Real Pr..
IBM 1132
The IBM 1132 Line Printer was part of the IBM 1130 Computer. It printed 120 character lines at 80 lines per minute. The character set consisted of numbers, upper-case letters and some special characters. The 1132 was built around a stripped down IBM 407 printing mechanism. The 407 was IBM's top-o..
IBM 1360
The IBM 1360 Photo-Digital Storage System, or PDSS, was an online archival storage system for large data centers. It was the first storage device designed from the start to hold a terabit of data, a number that sounds fairly impressive even today, and considerably more so in 1967 when it was release..
IBM 1400 series
The IBM 1400 series was a family of second generation (transistorized) mid-range business computers that IBM sold in the early 1960s as a replacement for unit record equipment. 1400 machines stored information in magnetic cores as variable length character strings terminated by a special flag. Arith..
IBM 1401
The IBM 1401 was a variable wordlength decimal computer that was announced by IBM on October 5, 1959 and marketed as an inexpensive "Business Computer". It was withdrawn on February 8, 1971. Although described as a (BCD) computer, each byte (or alphameric character) in the 1401 was represented by..
IBM 1403
The IBM 1403 Printer was introduced as part of the IBM 1401 computer in 1959, but had an especially long life in the IBM product line. The original model could print 600 lines of text per minute. The standard model had 100 print positions. An additional 32 positions were available as an option. A pr..
IBM 1410
The IBM 1410 was a variable wordlength decimal computer that was announced by IBM on September 12 1960 and marketed as a midrange "Business Computer". It was withdrawn on March 30 1970. The 1410 was similar in design to the very popular IBM 1401, but it had one major difference. Addresses were fiv..
IBM 1440
The IBM 1440 was an IBM computer designed as a low-cost system for smaller businesses. It was announced on October 11, 1962 and withdrawn on February 8, 1971. With a variety of models and special features available for the IBM 1440, a system could be tailored to meet immediate data processing req..
IBM 1442
IBM 1442. Click to enlarge. IBM 1442 was an IBM card reader and card punch. It was used on the IBM 1130, the IBM 1800 and System/360. The 1442 could read up to 400 punch cards per minute. Cards were read and punched one column at a time and binary cards were permitted. It was even possible ..
IBM 1620
The IBM 1620 was announced by IBM on October 21, 1959 and marketed as an inexpensive "scientific computer". It was withdrawn on November 19, 1970. Modified versions of the 1620 were used as the CPU of the IBM 1710 and IBM 1720 Industrial Process Control Systems (making it the first computer consider..
IBM 1620 Model I
The IBM 1620 Model I was the original implementation of the IBM 1620 scientific computer, introduced in 1959. This unit (commonly called "1620" until the Model II was introduced) was produced as inexpensively as IBM could make it, in order to keep the price low. One industry magazine (Datamation) m..
IBM 1620 Model II
The IBM 1620 Model II (commonly called simply the Model II) was a vastly improved implementation, compared to the original Model I, of the IBM 1620 scientific computer architecture. It had basic ALU hardware for addition and subtraction, but multiplication was still done by table lookup in core mem..
IBM 1627
A Calcomp plotter, model 565, sold by IBM for use with the IBM 1620, and, later, the IBM 1130 computers. It became perhaps the first non-IBM peripheral that IBM allowed to be attached to one of its computers. The standard size fed a roll of 11-inch-wide paper with perforated edges over a drum. Th..
IBM 1710
The IBM 1710 was a process control system that IBM marketed in the early 1960s. It used either a 1620 I or a 1620 II Computer and specialized I/O devices (e.g., IBM 1711 A/D and D/A Converter, IBM 1712 Discrete I/O and Analog Multiplexer, factory floor operator control panels). The IBM 1620 used ..
IBM 1711
The IBM 1711 Data Converter was part of the IBM 1710 process control computer. The 1711 contained an analog to digital converter that accepted signals from the IBM 1712 Multiplexer and Terminal Unit that were between -50 millivolts and +50 millivolts and converted them into signed, 4 decimal digit..
IBM 1712
The IBM 1712 Multiplexer and Terminal Unit was part of the IBM 1710 process control computer. The Terminal Unit provided the physical connections between factory wiring and the computer. The 1712 could support up to 300 separate wire pairs. Signal types supported included analog input, analog outp..
IBM 1720
The IBM 1720 was a pilot project to create a real-time process control computer based on the IBM 1620 Model I. Only three 1720 systems were ever built: one for the Amoco oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana; one for the Socal oil refinery in El Segundo, California; and one for E. I. du Pont in Wilmin..
IBM 1800
The IBM 1800 was a process control variant of the IBM 1130 with two extra instructions (CMP and DCM) and extra I/O capabilities. Unlike the 1130, which was a desk-like unit, the 1800 is packaged in typical IBM racks. As of February 2006 4 IBM 1800s were still in operation at the Pickering Nuclear ..
IBM 2250
The IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit was announced as part of System/360 in 1964. Unlike most modern computer displays, which show images in raster format, the IBM 2250 used vector graphics. A display list of line segments (vectors) on a 1024 by 1024 grid was stored in the computer's memory and repa..
IBM 2260
The IBM 2260 CRT was a predecessor to the substantially more powerful (and expensive) IBM 3270. It was usually clustered around a central controller that stored screenfuls of information in a delay line. One useful feature when playing, e.g., Adventure, was a page-back facility, to view previous s..
IBM 2741
The 2741 was a low-speed dumb terminal introduced in 1965. It combined a Selectric typewriter mechanism with IBM SLT electronics. It operated at 14.8 character/s with a data rate of 134.5 bit/s. Seven-bit characters with odd-parity were used. There were 88 graphic characters and so shift characte..
IBM 305
IBM 305 at U. S. Army Red River ArsenalForeground: Two 350 disk drives. Background:380 console and 305 processing unit. The IBM RAMAC 305 was the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage. IBM introduced it on September 4, 1956. RAMAC stood for "Random Access Method of Account..
IBM 3179G
The IBM 3179G is an IBM mainframe computer terminal providing 80×24 or 80×32 characters plus graphics. 3179-G terminals combine text and graphics as separate layers on the screen. Although the text and graphics appear combined on the screen, the text layer actually sits over the graphics layer. ..
IBM 3196
The 3196 Display Station is a member of the 5250 Information Display System, and can be used with the S/36, S/38, or AS/400 locally attached or remotely attached via the 5294 or 5394 Remote Control Unit. A low-profile typewriter keyboard permits the operator to enter, display, and manipulate data ..
IBM 3270
Clemson University's library catalog as displayed in a 3270 emulation program The IBM 3270 is a class of terminals made by IBM since 1972 (known as "Display Devices") normally used to communicate with IBM mainframes. Unlike common serial ASCII terminals, the 3270 minimizes the number of I/O in..
IBM 3270 PC
The IBM 3270 PC (model 5271), released in October 1983, was an IBM PC XT containing additional hardware which could emulate the behaviour of a 3270 terminal. It could therefore be used both as a standalone computer, and as a terminal to a mainframe. IBM later released the 3270 AT (model 5281), whic..
IBM 3480 Family
The 3480 tape format is a computer storage magnetic tape format invented by IBM, and were available in tape head sizes of 18-track and 36-track. Its successor, the 3590, was known by the name Magstar, and it was available in 128, 256 and 384-track versions. All of these tape formats had half inch ..
IBM 3624
redirect [[Template:Context]]IBM 3624 units were manufactured in Charlotte, NC until all ATM operations were sold to Diebold. The IBM 3624 was a 1980-vintage first-generation ATM, marketed in 8 versions. The 3624 Version 8 incorporated use of a 6-row by 40-column dot-matrix customer display, 4 lin..
IBM 370
For the IBM mainframe computer see System/370. The IBM 370 printer was used on the IBM 305 RAMAC computer system, introduced by IBM on September 14, 1956. The 370 was connected to the 305 by a serial data line from the S track of the computer's drum memory and printed 80-columns with a punched ta..
IBM 3705 Communications Controller
The IBM 3705 Communications Controller was a simple computer which attached to a IBM System/360 or System/370 channel. Its purpose was to connect communication lines to the mainframe. MST components similar to those used in System/370 were used. It was announced in March 1972. It was designed for s..
IBM 3720
The IBM 3720 was a communications controller (front-end processor) made by IBM, suitable for use in an IBM System/390. Official service support was withdrawn in 1999 in favour of the IBM 3745. The IBM 3720 is unrelated to the similarly-numbered IBM 3270 display terminal system. References This a..
IBM 3730
In the late 1970s, the IBM 3730, a word-processing variant of the IBM 3790 was announced. It used 3790 hardware but its software made it a dedicated shared-logic word-processing system which could support a dozen or more word-processing IBM 3732 terminals. It could be connected using Systems Net..
IBM 3732
The IBM 3732 is a word-processing terminal derived from the IBM 3270 family of terminals from IBM. Defunct IBM 3777 terminals which had been returned by customers were re-engineered and equipped with a specialized word-processing keyboard, and shipped back to other customers as part of the IBM 3730..
IBM 3790
IBM 3790 computer system was announced in the early 1970s. It preceded the IBM 8100, which was announced in 1979. The 3790 was one of the first distributed computing platforms. It was designed to be installed in branch offices, stores, subsidiaries, etc., and to be connected to the central ho..
IBM 3850
The IBM 3850 Mass Storage System was an online tape library used to hold large amounts of infrequently accessed data. Contents 1 History2 Description3 Models4 External links History Starting in the late-1960s IBM's lab in Boulder, Colorado began development of a low-cost m..
IBM 3890
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IBM 407
A 407 at US Army's Redstone Arsenel in 1961. The IBM 407 Accounting Machine, introduced in 1949, was the culmination of a long line of IBM tabulating equipment (including the 405 and 402), dating back to the days of Herman Hollerith. It was the central component of any unit record equipment s..
IBM 4300 series
The IBM 4300 series of computers were mid-range systems, various models of which were sold from 1979 through 1992. The systems were compatible with the System/370 architecture. They featured modest electrical and cooling requirements, and thus did not require a data center environment. Each mod..
IBM 4683
The IBM 4683 was IBM's first PC based POS system. It was introduced in 1987. The system consists of a PC based controler and thin client based POS workstations. The system requires an IBM AS/400 server to be in the network. The 4683 is still used today by some retailers. However the 4683 has been ph..
IBM 4758
The IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor is a secure cryptoprocessor implemented on a high-security, programmable PCI board. Specialized cryptographic electronics, microprocessor, memory, and random number generator housed within a tamper-responding environment provide a highly secure subsystem ..
IBM 5100
The IBM 5100 Portable Computer The IBM 5100 Portable Computer was a desktop computer introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM PC. A single integrated unit provided the keyboard, five-inch CRT display, tape drive, processor, several hundred kilobytes of read only memory containing..
IBM 5110
The IBM 5110 Portable Computer was the successor of the IBM 5100 Portable Computer. Three variations of the IBM 5110 were built: IBM 5110 Model 1 (with a built-in QIC DC300 tape drive of 204 KB).IBM 5110 Model 2 (without the QIC tape drive).IBM 5110 Model 3 - also designated as the IBM 5120 (with ..
IBM 5120
The IBM 5120 Computing System (sometimes referred to as the IBM 5110 Model 3) was the desktop version of the IBM 5110 Portable Computer which featured two built-in 8 inch 1.2 MB floppy disk drives, announced in February 1980. Apart from the housing and the disk drives the 5120 was technically equi..
IBM 513
The IBM 513 Reproducing Punch was a card punching machine developed by IBM. The machine could perform these functions: Reproducing all or part of the data on a deck of punched cards.Gang punching -- copying punched information from a master card.Summary punching -- punching a total or new balance..
IBM 514
The IBM 514 Reproducing Punch was a card punching machine developed by IBM. The machine could perform these functions: Reproducing all or part of the data on a deck of punched cards.Gang punching -- copying punched information from a master card.Summary punching -- punching a total or new balance..
IBM 519
The IBM 519 Electric Document Originating Machine, introduced in 1946, was the last in a series of unit record machines designed for automated production of punch cards. It could reproduce all or parts of the information on a set of cards; copy the information from a master card onto a group of de..
IBM 5250
IBM 5250, originally, was a particular model of a terminal device sold with the IBM S/34 minicomputer system. Similar to the IBM 3270, it is a block-oriented terminal protocol, yet is incompatible with the 3270 standard. The relationship between the terminal & system was rich: the system sent a da..
IBM 5363
In information technology the IBM 5363 is the last model of the International Business Machines System/36 family of computer systems. Image gallery Image:IBM 5363 MSP C.triddle.jpg|MSP C Image:IBM 5363 MSP D.triddle.jpg|MSP D Image:IBM 5353 CSP.triddle.jpg|CSP ..
IBM 550
The IBM 550 numerical interpreter was the first commercial machine made by IBM that read numerical data punched on cards and printed it across the top of each card. The 550 was introduced in 1930. Information to be printed could be placed in any sequence via plug-board selections. The machine ope..
IBM 557
The IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter allowed holes in punch cards to be interpreted and the Hollerith punch card characters printed on any row or column, programmed by the means of a wiring plug board. The machine was a synchronous system where brushes would glide over a hole in a punch card and con..
IBM 602
The IBM 602 Calculating Punch was an electromechanical plug-board programmed calculator capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, introduced by IBM in 1946. It was IBM's first machine that did division. The 602 was available in four models: Model 1, Model 2, Model 50, and Mode..
IBM 604
The IBM 604 was a plug-board programmable Electronic Calculating Punch introduced in 1948, and was a machine on which considerable expectations for the future of IBM were pinned and in which a corresponding amount of planning talent was invested. Most of the circuitry was based on modifications o..
IBM 610
The IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer was the first personal computer, in the sense of a computer to be used by one person and was controlled by a keyboard. The principal designer of this machine was John Lentz, as part of his work for the Watson Lab at Columbia University. The IBM 610 was introduced in ..
IBM 632
The IBM 632 was a valve-and-relay driven basic (very basic) accounting machine, introduced in 1958, that was available in seven different models. It consisted of an IBM Electric typewriter and at least a punch card unit (like the IBM 024) that housed the "electronics" in two gates (a relay gate and ..
IBM 6400
The IBM 6400 family of line matrix printers are modern highspeed business computer printers introduced by IBM in 1995. These printers are designed for use on a variety IBM systems including mainframes, servers, and PCs. External link [IBM 6400 line matrix family]..
IBM 6405
IBM 6400 machines... Several machines models were manufactured that were part of the 6400 family. IBM 6405 was a desk size calulator.IBM 6410 was an accounting machine.IBM 6420 was an accounting machine.The output was a large selectric typewriter that was mounted above the CPU. Programing was done..
IBM 650
IBM 650 front panel, showing bi-quinary indicators IBM 650 front panel, rear view The IBM 650 was one of IBM’s early computers, and the world’s first mass-produced computer. It was announced in 1953, and over 2000 systems were produced between the first shipment in 1954..
IBM 700/7000 series
The IBM 700/7000 series was a series of incompatible large scale (mainframe) computer systems made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The 700's were all made obsolete by the introduction of the 7000s. The 7000s, in turn, were eventually replaced by System/360, which was announced in 1964. How..
IBM 701
The IBM 701, known as the Defense Calculator while in development, was announced to the public on April 29, 1952, and was IBM’s first commercial scientific computer. Its business computer siblings were the IBM 702 and IBM 650. The system used electrostatic storage, consisting of 72 Williams..
IBM 702
The IBM 702 was announced September 25, 1953 and withdrawn October 1, 1954, but the first production model was not installed until July 1955. The IBM 705 replaced it. A complete system included the following units: IBM 702 system: From left to right, CRT memory, 702 CPU, 717 printer, operator'..
IBM 7030
IBM 7030 maintenance console at the Musée des arts et métiers, Paris IBM 7030 maintenance console at the Musée des arts et métiers, Paris Left: Steve Dunwell, project manager; Right: Eric Bloch, Engineering Manager The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM's first attempt at..
IBM 704
An IBM 704 mainframe (image courtesy of LLNL) The IBM 704, the first mass-produced computer with floating point arithmetic hardware, was introduced by IBM in April, 1954. The 704 was significantly improved over the IBM 701 in terms of architecture as well as implementation, and was not compat..
IBM 7040
An IBM 7040 in operation from 1964 to 1974 at the German university Technische Hochschule Darmstadt The IBM 7040, a scaled down version of the IBM 7090 introduced by IBM in April, 1963, was a later member of the IBM 700/7000 series of scientific computers. It was not fully compatible with the..
IBM 7044
The IBM 7044 was a scaled up version of the IBM 7040, which, in turn, was a scaled down version of the IBM 7090 scientific computer. ..
IBM 7070
IBM 7070 was a Decimal Architecture intermediate data processing system that was introduced by IBM in June 1960. It was part of the IBM 700/7000 series, and was based on discrete transistors rather than the vacuum tubes of the 1950s. The 7070 was designed to provide a "transistorized IBM 650" upgra..
IBM 709
The IBM 709 was an early computer system introduced by IBM in August, 1958. It was an improved version of the IBM 704 and the second member of the IBM 700/7000 series of scientific computers. The IBM 709 added overlapped input/output, indirect addressing, and decimal instructions. An optional h..
IBM 7090
IBM 7090 console The IBM 7090 was a second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computers and was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications". The 7090 was the third member of the IBM 700/7000 series scientific computers. The f..
IBM 716
An IBM 716 printer at NASA The IBM 716 line printer was used with IBM 700/7000 series computers. It was based on IBM 407 accounting machine technology and had 120 rotary type wheels, each with 48 possible characters. It could print 150 lines per minute. ..
IBM 728
The IBM 728 magnetic tape drive was used on the SAGE AN/FSQ-7 computer. tracks 6 Data, 1 synchronization chars/inch 248 Chars/inch words 6 chars (32 data bits, 1 parity bit, 3 end of file bits) words/inch 41.33 Words/inch end of record gap 0.75 Inches Tape speed 75 Inches/sec Rewind speed 5..
IBM 729
IBM 729s in action The IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's iconic tape mass storage system from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. It was used on late 700, most 7000 and many 1400 series computers. Like its predecessor, the IBM 727 and many successors, the 729 used 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) magn..
IBM 7302
The IBM 7302 Core Storage unit was designed in 1957-1958 for the IBM 7030 (Stretch). The IBM 7030 could use from one to sixteen IBM 7302s (typically six); either individually or in interleaved groups of two or four. The IBM 7090 also used one IBM 7302. The IBM 7080 also used one to four IBM 7302s. T..
IBM 740
The IBM 740 CRT Recorder was announced in 1954 and used with the IBM 701, IBM 704, and IBM 709 computers to draw vector graphics images on 35 mm photographic film (i.e. microfilm). The 740 film recorder contained digital to analog converters and a 7 inch, high precision, electrostatic CRT. The ras..
IBM 80-series Card Sorters
Later model IBM card sorter, type 84 The IBM 80 Electric Punched Card Sorting Machine, was introduced by IBM in 1925. This sorter was almost twice the speed of the older IBM 70 sorter and used an entirely new magnetically operated horizontal sorting design. At the close of 1943, IBM had 10,2..
IBM 801
The 801 was a RISC microprocessor architecture designed by IBM in the 1970s, and used in various roles in IBM until the 1980s. The 801 started as a pure research project led by John Cocke at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in building 801. They were looking for ways to improve performance of..
IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine
The IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine was a machine sold by IBM beginning in 1937. The device scored answer sheets marked with special "mark sense" pencils. The machine was developed from a prototype developed by Reynold Johnson, a school teacher who later became an IBM engineer. That machine and its..
IBM 8100
The IBM 8100 was at one time IBM’s principal distributed processing engine, providing local processing capability under two incompatible operating systems – DPPX and DPCX. In 1978 IBM announced the 8100 Information System and the Distributed Programming Processing Executive (DPPX). These pro..
IBM 9020
The IBM 9020 refers to IBM System/360-family computers adapted for use by the U.S. FAA for en route Air Traffic Control in its 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers beginning in the late 1960s. The IBM 9020E, for example, was based on the System 360/65. The 9020s were in service until 1989 when t..
IBM BladeCenter
The IBM BladeCenter is IBM's blade server architecture. Contents 1 History2 Features3 See also4 External links History Originally introduced in 2002, the IBM BladeCenter was a relative late comer to the blade market. It has since become a leading blade architecture solution i..
IBM Building
The IBM Building is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1976 to a height of 91 metres. The building was initially built to house the South African headquarters of IBM, but after IBM moved their headquarters to Sandton, the building is unoccupi..
IBM Canada Head Office Building
IBM Canada's head office is currently located in Markham 3600 Steeles East and has been there since the 1980s. The current building was completed in 1995 and moved from the previous location across the street 3500 Steeles East(now Liberty Centre, Markham). The building rises from five floors on the..
IBM Cassette BASIC
IBM Cassette BASIC was an early version of the BASIC programming language spun off by IBM for the IBM PC. It was included in the BIOS of the original IBM PC and most other early non-clone IBM PC models and was started whenever the computer did not find a bootable floppy disk at power on. It got its ..
IBM Convertible
IBM PC Convertible The IBM Convertible (IBM 5140) was the follow-on to the IBM Portable, and was IBM's first attempt at a laptop computer. The Convertible was as powerful as the Portable, but could run on batteries and was marginally more practical. However, it had a number of design flaws t..
IBM CPC
The IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator or CPC was announced by IBM in May 1949. Later that year an improved machine, the CPC-II was also announced. The original CPC Calculator had the following machines interconnected by cables: Electronic Calculating Punch*IBM 604 with reader/punch unit I..
IBM Cup
The IBM Cup was a Go competition. Outline The IBM Cup was a tournament used by the Nihon Ki-in. Unlike other inner NHK tournaments, the IBM Cup allowed 1 player from Europe and the USA, with 2 players from both China and South Korea. The format was a 64 man knockout. ..
IBM Current
Contents 1 Relates to2 About3 System requirements4 Works on modern NT-based systems Relates to personal information managerproject managerWindows 1.0 softwareIBM-created application About An early personal information manager, IBM Current 1.1 was a Windows 1.0 based graphica..
IBM DB2
DB2 is IBM's family of information management software products. Most often, though, when people say DB2 they are referring to IBM's flagship relational database management system, DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB). Contents 1 History2 Editions3 Competition4 Technical Informati..
IBM Director
IBM Director is an element management system (EMS) (sometimes referred to as a "workgroup management system") first introduced by IBM in 1993 as NetFinity Manager. The software was originally written to run on OS/2 2.0. It has subsequently gone through a number of name changes in the interim. It was..
IBM Displaywriter System
The IBM Displaywriter System was a dedicated microcomputer-based word processing machine that IBM's Office Products Division introduced in 1980 (see [IBM Displaywriter]). The system consisted of a central processing unit in a desktop cabinet (similar to that of the IBM PC), a black-and-..
IBM Electric typewriter
The IBM Electric typewriters were a series of electric typewriters that IBM manufactured, starting in the late 1940s. They used the conventional moving carriage and hammer mechanism. Each model came in both Standard and Executive versions; the Executive differed in having a multiple escapement mec..
IBM Electromatic typewriter
The IBM Electromatic typewriter was the first commercially successful electric typewriter. It was introduced by the Electromatic Typewriter Company which was purchased by IBM in 1933. They used the conventional moving carriage and hammer mechanism. External links [Model 01 IBM typewriter - a..
IBM Extended Density Format
The eXtended Density Format (XDF) is a way of formatting standard high-density 3.5" and 5.25" floppy diskettes to larger-than-standard capacities. It is supported natively by IBM's PC-DOS versions 7 and 2000 and by OS/2 Warp 3 onward, using the XDF and XDFCOPY commands (directly in OS/2). When form..
IBM Fellow
An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM’s CEO. Typically only 4 or 5 IBM Fellows are appointed each year, at the annual Corporate Technical Recognition Event (CTRE) event in May or June. It is considered to be the highest honor a technologist at IBM can achieve. The IBM Fe..
IBM Floating Point Architecture
IBM System/360 computers, and subsequent machines based on that architecture (mainframes), support a hexadecimal floating-point format. The format is used by SAS Transport files as required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for New Drug Application (NDA) study submissions. See TS-140 [..
IBM Future Systems project
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, IBM considered modifying radically the conception of their computing environment to avoid a number of foreseeable bottlenecks in the 1980s given the predicted rate of change. This became the IBM Future Systems project (FS). Because it implied a major departure fr..
IBM Global Services
IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with professionals serving customers in more than 150 countries. IBM Global Services started in the spring of 1991, with the aim towards helping companies manage their IT oper..
IBM Haifa Labs
The IBM Haifa Labs include the Haifa Research Lab (HRL), the Haifa Development Lab (HDL), and the Haifa Software Lab (HSL) in Rehovot. IBM Haifa Labs building on Mount Carmel HRL was first opened as the IBM Scientific Center in 1972. The IBM Haifa Labs currently employ 600 people, 490 of th..
IBM History Flow tool
See also [[m:IBM History flow project|IBM History flow project]] on the Meta-Wikipedia. IBM's History Flow tool is a visualization tool for a time-sequence of snapshots of a document in various stages of its creation. The tool supports tracking contributions to the article by different users, and ..
IBM HTTP Server
IBM HTTP Server is a web server based on Apache Foundation web server that runs on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000/2003 and Windows NT. You can download and use IBM HTTP Server free of charge but without IBM support from IBM HTTP server [download site] Major releases IBM HTTP Ser..
IBM India
IBM India, significantly, is now the fourth largest employer in the Indian IT industry - only behind TCS, Infosys and Wipro. India has the second largest workforce for IBM now, second only to its home - the IBM US. From about 43,000 employees in its rolls now, it is expected to employ more than 10..
IBM iNotes Webmail Redirect
IBM iNotes Web Access Redirect (formerly Domino Web Mail Redirect) is an part of the Lotus Domino Server suite allowing instant redirection of incoming users to their mail files wherever they may be. Features of IBM iNotes Web Access Redirect Simple Entry Portal for iNotes Web AccessSupport differ..
IBM Korea
IBM Korea is a computer, electronics, and software company headquarterd in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1982 as IBM's Korean manufacturer. Its CEO is Lee Hwi Seong (이휘성). Contents 1 Products2 Korean computer manufacturer competitors3 See also4 Official Homepa..
IBM Lotus Domino
Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities and custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an applicat..
IBM Lotus Domino Web Access
The software product IBM Lotus Domino Web Access (DWA), formerly known as iNotes or as iNotes Web Access, offers a fully-featured web-based version of the IBM Lotus Notes client. It provides an interactive interface that duplicates the functionality of the IBM Lotus Notes email client within a web ..
IBM Lotus QuickPlace
IBM Lotus QuickPlace is a proprietary Web-based collaborative software application distributed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Lotus QuickPlace is a self-service Web tool that provides non-technical professionals the ability to easily create a browser-accessible workspace to support a task, p..
IBM mainframe
SAS 8 on an IBM mainframe under 3270 emulation An IBM mainframe is a large, high performance computer made by International Business Machines (IBM). Mainframe computers traditionally are "expensive,"The acquisition price of one mainframe is higher than, say, one PC. However, that's a bit like ..
IBM mainframe utility programs
IBM Mainframe Utility Programs are supplied with IBM mainframe operating systems such as MVS to carry out various tasks associated with datasets etc. Contents 1 ICKDSF2 IDCAMS3 IEBCOMPR4 IEBCOPY5 IEBDG6 IEBEDIT7 IEBGENER8 IEBIMAGE9 IEBISAM10 IEBPT..
IBM midrange computer
IBM has made several models of midrange computers over the years: the System/3, System/34, System/36, System/38, and finally AS/400 (recently rechristened the iSeries). They have also made some more minor models. See also IBM mainframeList of IBM products ..
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IBM New York Scientific Center
IBM New York Scientific Center was a now-defunct research facility in downtown Manhattan. ..
IBM Open Class
Contents 1 General2 Examples3 History of IOC4 Notes5 External links General An IBM C++ product originally developed by Kevin Leong, IBM Open Class (IOC) was known under several names in the C++ industry, including ICL (IBM Class Library), UICL (User Interface Class Lib..
IBM PALM processor
The IBM PALM processor (Put All Logic in Microcode) was a board-level 16-bit processor used in the IBM 5100 Portable Computer, a predecessor of the IBM PC. PALM was also used in the IBM 5110 and IBM 5120 followon machines. PALM was likely used in other IBM products as an embedded controller. IBM ..
IBM PC
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IBM PCjr
The IBM PCjr was IBM's first attempt to enter the markets for relatively-inexpensive educational and home computers. Contents 1 Features2 Failure in the marketplace3 The PCjr legacy4 Technical specifications Features Announced November 1, 1983, and first shipped in March 19..
IBM PC compatible
The Columbia MPC was one of the many IBM PC compatibles that flooded the US market. IBM PC compatible is a class of computers which make up the vast majority of small computers (microcomputers) on the market today. They are based on the IBM PC design originated by International Business Machi..
IBM PC keyboard
The IBM PC keyboard and its derivative computer keyboards are standardized. However, during the 20 years of the PC architecture being constantly updated, several types of keyboards have been developed. Contents 1 Keyboard layouts2 Standard key meanings2.1 From mechanical typewrite..
IBM Personal Computer/AT
The IBM Personal Computer/AT (IBM 5170), more commonly known as the IBM AT and also sometimes called the PC AT or PC/AT, was IBM's second-generation PC, designed around the Intel 80286 microprocessor running at 6 MHz and released in 1984. Because the AT used various technologies that were rare at th..
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IBM Personal System/2
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IBM Plaza
IBM Building IBM Plaza is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at 330 North Wabash Avenue, designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. A small bust of the architect by sculptor Marino Marini is displayed in the lobby. The building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago..
IBM Pollyanna Principle
The IBM Pollyanna Principle is an axiom that states "machines should work; people should think." This can be understood as a statement of extreme optimism, that machines should do all the hard work, freeing people to think (hence the reference to Pollyanna), or as a cynical statement, suggesting ..
IBM Portable
The IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 was an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of Compaq's suitcase-size portable machine (the Compaq Portable). It was released in February, 1984, and was eventually replaced by the IBM Convertible. The Portable was basically a ..
IBM POWER
POWER is a RISC instruction set architecture designed by IBM. The name is a backronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC. The POWER architecture was used to develop the PowerPC architecture, used in later Apple Macintosh computers, some IBM workstations, as well as a number of embedded ..
IBM Public License
The IBM Public License is a free software / open-source software license used by IBM. It is ratified by the Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation (FSF). In difference from the GNU General Public License (GPL), it places the liability on the publisher or distributor of the licensed pro..
IBM railway station
IBM railway station is a railway station on the Inverclyde Line. As the name suggests, it is located within the confines of a large facility formerly owned entirely by IBM, a major employer for the town of Greenock. Recently, parts of the compound have been sold off to companies such as Sanmina, alt..
IBM Research
IBM Research, a division of IBM, is a research and advanced development organization and currently consists of eight locations throughout the world and hundreds of projects. Its origins can be traced to the establishment in 1945 of the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University.&..
IBM Rochester
The sprawling IBM facility in Rochester, Minnesota. IBM Rochester is the facility of International Business Machines in Rochester, Minnesota. The initial structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, who clad the structure in blue panels of varying hues after being inspired by the Minnesota sky. ..
IBM RS64
The IBM RS64 family of processors is used in the RS/6000 and AS/400 server product lines. The family is optimized for commercial workloads (integer performance, large caches, branches) and does not feature the strong floating point performance of the IBM POWER family, its ancestor. It is a bra..
IBM RT
The IBM RT was a computer based around the PC-AT bus and IBM's ROMP processor, a spin-off of the IBM 801. The system was introduced in 1986 as the RT PC (RISC Technology Personal Computer) and ran AIX 1.x and 2.x, the Academic Operating System (AOS), or the Pick operating system. It was commonly, ..
IBM SAN Volume Controller
The IBM San Volume Controller (SVC) is a block virtualization storage appliance. SVC implements an indirection or "virtualization" layer in a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN). Architecture SVC is deployed as a cluster of nodes. Each node is a 1U high rack mounted appliance based on an IBM ..
IBM SecureWay Directory
IBM SecureWay Directory, was the very first Directory Server offering from IBM. The product has come a long way and the its latest release is called IBM Tivoli Directory Server. IBM Secureway Directory wasn't changed until the Release 5.1 was then known as IBM Directory Server. In the next release o..
IBM Selectric typewriter
The IBM Selectric typewriter (occasionally known as the IBM Golfball typewriter) is the electric typewriter design that brought the typewriter into the electronic age starting in 1961. Instead of typebars it had a pivoting typeball that could be changed to use different fonts in the same document,..
IBM Series/1
The IBM Series/1 computer was a miniature mainframe that used Event Driven Language (EDL) to control and operate external electro-mechanical components while also allowing for primitive data storage and handling. A "technologically advanced" Series/1 operated at 50-100 MHz with 1 Megabyte of memo..
IBM Simon
The IBM Simon Personal Communicator was one of the first attempts to market a commercially viable smartphone and was a joint venture between IBM and BellSouth. Launched in 1994 it combined the features of a mobile phone, a pager, a PDA, and a fax machine. After some delays it was released in 190 U..
IBM Software Group
IBM Software Group is one of the major divisions of International Business Machines. The various brands include: DB2 Information Management Systems - Database software originating as a component of mainframe operating systems.Lotus Development Corporation - Groupware, collaboration and business so..
IBM System i
i5 Model 570 (2006) The Application System/400 (also known as AS/400), now System i, is a type of minicomputer produced by IBM. It was first produced in 1988. It was then renamed to the eServer iSeries in 2000 as part of IBM's e-Server branding initiative. Now with the global move of the serv..
IBM System p
The RS/6000 (for RISC System/6000), now System p5, is IBM's current RISC/UNIX-based server and workstation product line. Contents 1 History2 Features3 Deep Blue4 See also5 References6 External links History Announced in 1990, the RS/6000 replaced the RT-PC. This s..
IBM System x
The IBM System x computers form a sub-brand of International Business Machines (IBM´s) System brand servers (the other System sub-brands having the names IBM System i, IBM System p, and IBM System z). Starting out as IBM PC Server, rebranded Netfinity, then xSeries and now System x, these server..
IBM System z
An IBM z890 mainframe IBM eServer zSeries is a brand name of IBM which was designated to all IBM mainframes in December, 2001, with the e depicted in IBM's well-known red trademarked symbol. Nonetheless, IBM didn't give the previous servers of the same line (being called IBM S/390) new names..
IBM T220/T221
The IBM T220 and T221 are LCD monitors with a native resolution of 3840 x 2400 (WQUXGA) on a 22.2 in (564 mm) screen. This works out as over 9.2 million pixels, with pixel density of 204 pixels per inch (80 dpcm). Contents 1 IBM T220 (9503-DG0)2 IBM T2213 History4 Rebadged ..
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin
The IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin was a technical publication produced by IBM between 1958 and 1998. The purpose of the Bulletin was to disclose inventions that IBM did not want their competitors to get patents on. The Bulletin was a form of defensive publication. By publishing the details of h..
IBM Think
IBM recently rebranded its desktops, notebooks and displays and brought them under the Think umbrella. IBM's Think family of offerings now includes ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops, ThinkVision visuals, and options and services - ThinkAccessories and ThinkServices. ..
IBM Tivoli Directory Server
IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS), formerly known as IBM Directory Server is an IBM implementation of the LDAP protocol. History In the beginning, IBM named its product as IBM Secureway Directory. This name wasn't changed until the Release 5.1 of the product and was then known as IBM Directory Ser..
IBM Tivoli Framework
IBM Tivoli Framework is a systems management platform from IBM (previously Tivoli Systems, Inc., acquired by IBM in 1995 and moved into IBM's Software Group division). Framework is a CORBA-based architecture that allows the platform to manage large numbers of remote locations or devices. Products I..
IBM Tivoli NetView
IBM Tivoli NetView is a Monitor Program Based on SNMP Protocol, part of Tivoli Modules. This program provide a real time monitor and you can make active test over all servers snmp supported. Tivoli NetView discovers TCP/IP networks, displays network topologies, correlates and manages events and S..
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
"ADSM" redirects here. For , see . IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (ITSM) is a centralized policy-based data backup and recovery software. The software enables a user to backup, restore, archive, and retrieve data from a hierarchy of data storage areas. The storage areas, known as pools, can be disk, op..
IBM TotalStorage Expert
IBM TotalStorage Expert, formerly IBM Storwatch Expert, is a software product made up of two components: Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) Expert and Enterprise Tape Library (ETL) Expert. IBM TotalStorage Expert is used for preparing reports and graphical charts from the data collected. Reports and ..
IBM Type 4 Tabulator
The IBM Type 4 Tabulator is introduced in 1928, the first direct subtraction machine. Before the Type 4 tabulator, bookkeepers had to add negative amounts as complementary figures. IBM's subtracting machine saved calculations and bookkeeping time. ..
IBM UltraPort
IBM UltraPort was a nonstandard USB 1.1 port used by IBM on its range of Thinkpad laptop computers. Description Electrically the UltraPort connector is identical to the standard USB port. UltraPort uses a proprietary mechanical connection, so UltraPort devices cannot be plugged into a normal USB..
IBM Websphere Studio Application Developer
Commercial Java IDE by IBM for use with their Websphere application server. Based on Eclipse ..
IBM Web Explorer
IBM Web Explorer displaying http://en.wikipedia.org IBM Web Explorer was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2. Contents 1 Name2 History3 Features4 Shortcomings5 See also6 External links Name Don't confuse it wi..
IBM Workplace
IBM Workplace is a family of products and technologies from IBM for creating adaptive, unified, secure work environments that can be customized based on users' unique roles and/or skill levels in the organization. IBM Workplace Client Technology is a client-side framework for creating server-manag..
Ib Melchior
Ib Jørgen Melchior (born September 17, 1917 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a producer, director, and screenwriter of low-budget U.S. science-fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. Melchior wrote and directed The Angry Red Planet (1959) and The Time Travelers (1964). ..
IB Middle Years Programme
This article is part of theInternational Baccalaureateseries. IB programmes:* Primary Years Programme* Middle Years Programme* Diploma Programme Institutions:* The IBO* United World Colleges Lists:* Acronyms* IB people* IB schools IBDP curriculum:* Group 1 subjects* Group 2 subjects* Group 3 ..
Ib Mossin
Ib Mossin (July 3, 1933 - December 17, 2004) was a danish actor and director best known for his role as Peter in the Far Til Fire movies. He had his breakthrough as the apprentice Egon in Farlig Ungdom (Dangerous Youth), a movie about the the crime scene in Copenhagen among adolescents. He also ha..
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