Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer

The answer

IBM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IBM answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IBM

Every other clue in this collection answered by IBM, most used first.

• "Big Blue" - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Watson's creator - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• PC pioneer - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• ThinkPad maker - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• "Big Blue" tech company - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Tech giant known as "Big Blue" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Company nicknamed "Big Blue" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• PC maker - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Tech company known as "Big Blue" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cloud computing giant - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Think" sloganeer - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Apple alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "Big Blue" company - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Notebook maker - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Aptiva maker - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• DJIA stock - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Watson's company - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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