OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory based operating system designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Its customers have included banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers, with approximately half a million VMS systems in operation worldwide during the 1990s and 2000s.
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SignificanceUsed by banks, hospitals, telecommunications operators and industrial manufacturers 1 Classification
LicenseProprietary (Closed Source) 2 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: OpenVMS
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1. Wikipedia: OpenVMS
History
alongside the VAX-11/780 minicomputer in 1977
Lead section
Customers using OpenVMS include banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers.
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working_state=Current
In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system.
View the Source2. Wikidata: OpenVMS
- Wikidata Q479882, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q479882 P571 (inception)
- Wikidata Q479882 P275 (license)
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