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An [Acronym] for __V__irtual __M__emory __S__ystem.

[VMS] is an OperatingSystem written by [DEC] for their [VAX] line of minicomputers. In 1990, around version 5.5, [DEC] renamed it to [OpenVMS], after [VMS] was certified as having high support for [POSIX] standards. Shortly thereafter, [OpenVMS] was ported to the [Alpha] architecture, released as <i>OpenVMS for AXP 1.0</i> in 1992. Following the history of [DEC], [OpenVMS] is now owned by [HP].

[OpenVMS] currently runs on [VAX] and [Alpha], respectively known as [OpenVMS] for [VAX] and [OpenVMS] for [Alpha]. Support for the [Itanium] has been announced.

! See also

* Lots of [Information about the VMS operating system | http://www.levitte.org/~ava/index.htmlx]
* The [OpenVMS Community Portal | http://www.openvms.org/]
* [Deathrow | http://deathrow.vistech.net/], a public access [OpenVMS] cluster consisting of [DEC] [Alpha]s (64 bit) and [VAX]en (32 bit, some uVAX hardware, some emulated)

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!! Alternatively

Sometimes, [VMS] is an [Acronym] for [Visual Motion Simulator | http://www-sdb.larc.nasa.gov/Simulations/Simulators/VMS/vms.html].

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