By contrast, the version of Solaris that is to begin shipments on Tuesday will have 12 million to 13 million lines of code.

The Chinese military, the experts say, may begin shipments of two new kinds of missiles to Syria and Pakistan, and perhaps to other countries as well.

I.B.M. has had strong sales growth in its Applications System/400 line since it began shipments in August 1988.

Apple said it would begin initial shipments of unfinished versions of the program to its software developers in October.

A few months later, it also began rerouting shipments bound for Iran and China, this time through Rio de Janeiro.

If there is any possibility of a shortfall, begin shipments from Rindamil III at once.

Mr. Khashoggi continued to guarantee payment for arms when the United States began direct shipments to Iran in 1986.

It began shipments to a discount retailer, Soft Warehouse, whose biggest customers are individuals and small companies.

Lotus said it would begin shipments today of the latest version of its popular computer spreadsheet software, 1-2-3.

American variants began shipments with the slightly-updated version 2.3.5 installed.