IBM je poznat po tome da poseduje svoju terminologiju i skraćenice za iste stvari za koje drugi proizvođači koriste standardne nazive. Ovo je (delimični) spisak tih skraćenica koji ću vremenom proširivati kako mi koja skraćenica “padne pod ruku”. Deo skraćenica nije IBM-ov ali ih isti često koristi pa su i one navedene.

• AIX – Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM’s implementation of the UNIX Operating System)
• DASD – Direct Access Storage Device. (IBM’s term for a hard disk)
• DDM – Disk Drive Module (IBM’s term for a hard disk)
• RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• HMC – Hardware Management Console
• SPNC – System Power Control Network
• MCM – Multi Chip Module
• DCM – Dual Chip Module
• CEC – Central Electronic Complex
• CPC – Cluster Processor Complex
• ASMI – Advanced System Management Interface
• WebSM – Web based System Manager
• PPAR – Physical Partition
• LPAR – Logical Partition
• LIC – Licensed Internal Code
• LMB – Logical Memory Block
• DLPAR – Dynamic Logical Partitioning
• WPAR – Workload Partition
• NIM – Network Installation Manager
• BOS – Base Operating System
• POST – Power on Self Test
• SMIT – System Management Interface Tool
• LPP – Licensed Program Products
• ODM – Object Data Manager
• RSPC – PowerPC Reference Platform
• CHRP – Common Hardware Reference Platform
• BLV – Boot Logical Volume
• LVM – Logical Volume Manager
• VGDA – Volume Group Descriptor Area
• VGSA – Volume Group Status Area
• LVCB – Logical Volume Control Block
• HACMP – High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
• MWC – Mirror Write Consistency
• SRC – System Resource Controller
• NDAF – Network Data Facillity
• LMT – Lightweight Memory Trace
• RTEC – Real Time Error Checking
• VMM – Virtual Memory Manager
• IPC – Inter Process Communication
• PSMD – Page Size Management Daemon
• MPIO – Multi Path IO
• PCM – Path Control Module
• FFDC – First Failure Data Capture
• HPM – Hardware Performance Monitor
• PURR – Processor Utilization Resource Register
• SPURR – Scaled Processor Utilization Resource Register
• MLS – Multi Level Security (Trusted AIX)
• APAR – Authorized Program Analysis Report
• CKD – Count Key Data (zSeries)
• DFSMS – Data Facility Storage Management System
• ESCON – Enterprise System Connection
• EPO – Emergency Power Off
• FICON – Fibre Channel Connection
• FC-AL – Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
• FRU – Field Replaceable Unit
• GDPS – Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex
• HCD – Hardware Configuration Data
• IML – Initial Microcode Load
• IPL – Initial Program Load
• LSS – Logical Sub System
• MAP – maintenance analysis procedure
• MLC – Machine Level Control
• MRPD – Machine Reported Product Data
• MES – miscellaneous equipment specification
• MTBF – mean time between failures
• SDD – Subsystem Multipathing Device Driver
• VPD – Vital Product Data
• WWNP – worldwide port name
• WWNN – worldwide node name