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By:	Bruce Bahlmann

The primary operating system for the Digital Equipment Corp.'s VAX family of computers. VMS was later renamed to OpenVMS which is a multi-user, multiprocessing virtual memory-based operating system (OS) designed for use in time sharing, batch processing, real time and transaction processing.

"An operating system developed by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for use on their VAX minicomputers. Later ported to the Alpha 64-bit system. One of the principal designers of VMS later designed the Windows NT kernel." [netproject]

"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." [anglefire]

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