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IBM i

IBM i, the i standing for integrated, is an operating system developed by IBM for IBM Power Systems. It was originally released in 1988 as OS/400, as the sole operating system of the IBM AS/400 line of systems. It was renamed to i5/OS in 2004, before being renamed a second time to IBM i in 2008. It is an evolution of the System/38 CPF operating system…

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Available in
English
Default user interface
Text-based user interface
Developer
IBM
Initial release
August 26, 1988; 37 years ago (1988-08-26)
Kernel type
Monolithic
Latest release
7.6 / April 18, 2025; 16 months ago (2025-04-18)

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IBM i

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Triples207
Avg. degree1.98
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IBM i

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related to Advanced 36 Machine · 33
IBM i → Advanced, Advanced/36, An MSP, AS/400, Control Storage Processor, CSP, Even, I/O, IBM, IBM's, Introduced, Machine, Main Storage Processor, MSP, On, OS/400, OS/400 SLIC, PowerPC AS, Prior, SLIC
related to Database management · 25
IBM i → API, Certain Db2, Classic Query Engine, CQE, Data Description Specifications, Db2, DB2/400, DDM, DDS, Despite, Distributed Data Management Architecture, Distributed Relational Database Architecture, IBM, IBM Db2, IBM's, It, Query Dispatcher, Remote, SLIC, SQE
related to Programming · 23
IBM i → AIX, BASIC, CL, COBOL, Compilers, Control Language, EGL, IBM, IBM XL, ILE, Java, OS/400 V5R2, Pascal, PASE, PL/I, Programming, REXX, RPG, Since, Smalltalk
related to Architecture · 19
IBM i → Advanced, AIX, Extended Control Program Facility, IBM, Later, Licensed Internal Code, Machine, Machine Interface, Operating System, Portable Application Solutions Environment, Private Address Space Environment, SLIC, System Licensed Internal Code, System/36 SSP, Technology Independent Machine Interface, The, These, TIMI, XPF
related to PASE · 17
IBM i → AIX, AIX Application Binary Interfaces, During, IBM, It, OS/400, PASE, Portable Applications Solutions Environment, Power, SLIC, Smalltalk, Teraspace, The, This, TIMI, V4R3, V4R5
related to Rebranding · 16
IBM i → As, AS/400, At, IBM, IBM Power Systems, In, In April, OS, OS V5R4, OS/400, POWER5, System, The, The AS/400, V5R3, V6R1
related to Technology Independent Machine Interface (TIMI) · 15
IBM i → All, Compilers, CPU, Everything, I/O, IBM, If, Instead, Program, The, The TIMI, This, TIMI, Unix, When
related to Security · 12
IBM i → Authorities, IBM, Related, Security, Security Administrator, Security Officer, System Operator, System Programmer, There, Unix-like, User, Workstation User
related to SLIC · 9
IBM i → HLIC, IBM, IBM Power, In, OS/400, The SLIC, TIMI, V3R6, VLIC
related to Storage · 8
IBM i → ASP, ASPs, By, IBM, If, In IBM, The, Unix/Linux

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ibm system operating 400 os timi code systems interface machine slic 36 hardware pase instructions applications database user release 38

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IBM iAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
IBM iDefault user interfaceText-based user interface1.00infobox
IBM iDeveloperIBM1.00infobox
IBM iInitial releaseAugust 26, 1988; 37 years ago (1988-08-26)1.00infobox
IBM iKernel typeMonolithic1.00infobox
IBM iLatest release7.6 / April 18, 2025; 16 months ago (2025-04-18)1.00infobox
IBM iLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
IBM iMarketing targetMinicomputer, midrange computer and enterprise server1.00infobox
IBM iOfficial websiteibm.com/products/ibm-i1.00infobox
IBM iOS familyIBM CPF1.00infobox
IBM iPackage managerRPM and YUM for open source packages1.00infobox
IBM iPreceded bySystem Support Program, Control Program Facility1.00infobox
IBM iSource modelClosed source1.00infobox
IBM iSupported platformsIBM AS/400, IBM Power Systems1.00infobox
IBM iUpdate methodProgram temporary fixes (PTFs)1.00infobox
IBM iWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox
IBM iWritten inC++, C, PL/MI, Java, Assembly language, Modula-2, PL/MP1.00infobox
IBM iis aentirely separate codebase to Db2 on other platforms0.90text

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