- Industry: Computer
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                                                        Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York.  It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.                             
                                                     
                        A communications function that allows a user to sign on to one system (such as a System i, a System/38, or a System 36 system) from another system (such as a System i, a System/38, or a System 36 system) and use that system's programs and data.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A contiguous sequence of bits or characters that constitutes half a computer word and can be addressed as a unit. See also doubleword, fullword, word.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A data tower of an Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) construct that represents image data. Both IM1 and IO1 represent a raster pattern, but IO1 commands provide additional functions.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A formal invitation containing a scope of work which seeks a formal response (proposal) describing both methodology and compensation to form the basis of a contract.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A communications function that allows personal computers, which are attached to the work station controller by twinaxial cable, to use advanced program-to-program communications (APPC) or Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) support.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A contiguous sequence of wide characters terminated by and including the first instance of a null wide character.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A formal procedure for verifying a principal's network identity. Kerberos is an instance of an authentication protocol.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A communications function that translates a character-coded command, such as a LOGON or LOGOFF command, into a field-formatted command for processing by formatted system services. See also formatted system service.    
    
    						Industry:Software    
									A continuous flow of error information that is transmitted using a predefined format.    
    
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