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ibm | console |

As a proper noun ibm

is .

As a noun ibm

is intercontinental ballistic missile.

As a verb console is

.

ibm

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • * 1956 , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 6, June 1956, page 186)
    • 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 ).
  • * 1987 , Kenneth David Nichols, The Road to Trinity (page 294)
    • Today we need a defense against IBM attack. When as chief of R&D I urged Army Ordnance to develop an antimissile missile, I heard repeatedly that you can't hit a bullet with a bullet, so it is impossible to develop such a missile.
  • * 1990 , William Elliott Butler, Perestroika and International Law (page 155)
    • 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.
  • (figuratively) 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.

    Derived terms

    * IBMer

    Anagrams

    *

    console

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
  • A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
  • The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
  • A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
  • (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
  • (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
    • Derived terms
    * console table
    See also
    * corbel

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (consol)
  • To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
  • * P. Henry
    • I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
    Synonyms
    * comfort, solace
    Derived terms
    * consolable * consolation * consolatory * consoler * consoling * consolingly