<s>
Network	B-Device
Installation	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
(	O
NIM	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
system	B-Application
management	I-Application
framework	B-Architecture
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
installs	B-Application
and	O
manages	O
systems	O
over	O
a	O
network	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
NIM	O
is	O
analogous	O
to	O
Kickstart	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Linux	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
