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IBM (help settle an argument)

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DontEatCrisps · 20/07/2023 19:59

Without looking it up, do you know what IBM stands for?

Yabu- I know
Yanbu- I don’t know.

OP posts:
Gingernaut · 20/07/2023 20:30

"Something" Business Machines?

Integrated or International, would be my first guess.

《Goes off to Google IBM》

Davros · 20/07/2023 20:29

International Business Machines

chocolateisavegetable · 20/07/2023 20:29

Irritating Bloody Menopause 😁

Ffsmakeitstop · 20/07/2023 20:29

Business not Binary don't know what happened there.

Remaker · 20/07/2023 20:28

Yes, I used to work for them.

Yogibearspicnic · 20/07/2023 20:28

I didn't know, but on a tangent, who knows what SCS (the sofa place) stands for?

DyslexicPoster · 20/07/2023 20:28

Yes. Worked for them.for over a decade

Ffsmakeitstop · 20/07/2023 20:26

International Binary Machines. At a guess.

Babysharkdoodoodood · 20/07/2023 20:22

DH still works for them, so yes.

csandsickofit · 20/07/2023 20:13

My mum used to work for them in the 1950s in the UK - it was known as the Tab, they were data tabulating machines.

FrivolousTreeDuck · 20/07/2023 20:13

International Business .... something or other (menopause brain has deleted the last word).

RoseslnTheHospital · 20/07/2023 20:09

Yes, absolutely. But work in computing and have done for years, so not surprising. Unless you mean a non-computing related acronym in which case I have no idea!

Azaeleasinbloom · 20/07/2023 20:08

Yes, but I worked in IT for a US company for a while.

ZooMount · 20/07/2023 20:07

No idea

FourEyesGood · 20/07/2023 20:05

UnNiddeRides · 20/07/2023 20:01

Involuntary bowel movement?

That’s what came to mind for me first! 😂 I don’t think I know what the computer-related IBM stands for.

junglejane66 · 20/07/2023 20:02

Yes, but just a random fact I've remembered. At the time they thought they'd only ever sell a few to large companies

WhaleBlue · 20/07/2023 20:02

International business machine

UnNiddeRides · 20/07/2023 20:01

Involuntary bowel movement?

StillWantingADog · 20/07/2023 20:00

Yes but my dh worked for them for 19 years.

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