Definition: vms

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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

VMS

   Virtual Memory System

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

VMS
        Virtual Memory [operating] System (DEC, OS)
VMS
        Voice Mail System (GMS)
VMS
        Voice Management System

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) 

VMS /V-M-S/ n. DEC's proprietary operating system for its VAX
   minicomputer; one of the seven or so environments that loom largest in
   hacker folklore. Many Unix fans generously concede that VMS would
   probably be the hacker's favorite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist;
   though true, this makes VMS fans furious. One major hacker gripe with
   VMS concerns its slowness -- thus the following limerick:

     There once was a system called VMS
     Of cycles by no means abstemious.
          It's chock-full of hacks
          And runs on a VAX
     And makes my poor stomach all squeamious.
                                      --- The Great Quux
  
   See also VAX, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, Unix, runic.