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IBMerese

IBMerese noun: the technical jargon used by IBM employees.

Noun

IBMerese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The technical jargon used by IBM employees.
    • He did not speak IBMerese and gave a clear survey of intent and scope of his organization.1982, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Selected Writings on Computing: A personal perspective, page 38

Origin of IBMerese

From IBMer + -ese.

Questions about IBMerese

What does IBMerese mean?
IBMerese means the technical jargon used by IBM employees.
What part of speech is IBMerese?
IBMerese is a noun.

Words near IBMerese in the dictionary

  1. IBM PCs
  2. IBM Pollyanna Principle
  3. IBM-compatible
  4. IBM-compatibles
  5. IBMer
  6. IBMerese
  7. IBMers
  8. IBMese
  9. IBMP
  10. IBMR
  11. IBMs

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