IBM

IBM (formerly known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company) is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, with a presence in over 175 countries. It specializes in computer hardware, software, internet hosting services, consulting services, and more.
==Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company==
===1911–1924===
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was formed through the amalgamation of four companies: the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Company, the Bundy Manufacturing Company, and the Tabulating Machine Company.United States Investor (June 17, 1911)
==International Business Machines==
===1924–1946===
In 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed to International Business Machines.
==IBM==
===1947–1956===
===1956–present===
====1956–1962====
====1962–1972====
In 1962, the logo was divided into 13 bars.
====1972–present====
The number of bars was reduced from 13 to the current 8 bars in 1972. The 8 bar logo has been rumored to represent 8 bits; however, Rand simply used lines to imply "speed & dynamism."
=====1981–present=====
In 1981, a variation of the 1972 logo, which IBM nicknamed "the IBM Rebus", was introduced. As a pun on the company's name, it contains an eye, a bee, and a separate M in the corporate font.
====2018–present====
The 1956 logo was reintroduced as a secondary logo in 2018.
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