[W/K] :: VMS

  VMS
       Virtual Memory [operating] System (DEC, OS)
       
       

  VMS
       Voice Mail System (GMS)
       
       

  VMS
       Voice Management System
       
       

  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.
  
  

  VMS
       
          Virtual Memory System