VMS Last modified: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
1) Short for Virtual Memory System, a multi-user, multitasking, virtual memory operating system that runs on DEC's VAX and Alpha lines of minicomputers and workstations. VMS was introduced in 1979 along with the first VAX minicomputer. Like the VAX itself, VMS has undergone many changes over the years. DEC now refers to it as OpenVMS. 2) Short for Vocabulary Management Solution. See also Vocabulary Management Solution.
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