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IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, 和 ThinkPad 是國際商用機器公司在美國和其他國家的註冊商標或商標。

IEEE, POSIX, 和 802 是 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 在美國的註冊商標。

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, 和 Xeon 是 Intel Corporation 及其分支機構在美國和其他國家的商標或註冊商標。

Linux 是 Linus Torvalds 的註冊商標。

Microsoft, IntelliMouse, MS-DOS, Outlook, Windows, Windows Media, 和 Windows NT 是 Microsoft Corporation 在美國和/或其他國家的商標或註冊商標。

Motif, OSF/1, 和 UNIX 是 The Open Group 在美國和其他國家的註冊商標； IT DialTone 和 The Open Group 是其商標。

Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Java Virtual Machine, JavaServer Pages, JDK, JSP, JVM, Netra, Solaris, StarOffice, Sun Blade, Sun Enterprise, Sun Fire, SunOS, 和 Ultra 是 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 在美國和其他國家的商標或註冊商標。

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