Japanese rival of IBM
The crossword clue "Japanese rival of IBM" is answered by NEC, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NEC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEC answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEC
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEC, most used first.
- Japanese computer giant - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
- IBM competitor - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Japanese chip maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Computer giant - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Japanese electronics giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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