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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>VMS</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../V.html" title="V"/><link rel="previous" href="Visual-Fred.html" title="Visual Fred"/><link rel="next" href="voice.html" title="voice"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">VMS</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Visual-Fred.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">V</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="voice.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="VMS"/><dt xmlns="" id="VMS"><b>VMS</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/V·M·S/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> <a href="../D/DEC.html"><i class="glossterm">DEC</i></a>'s proprietary operating system for its
<a href="VAX.html"><i class="glossterm">VAX</i></a> 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 &#8212; thus the following limerick:</p><div class="literallayout"><p><br/>
   There once was a system called VMS<br/>
   Of cycles by no means abstemious.<br/>
        It's chock-full of hacks<br/>
        And runs on a VAX<br/>
   And makes my poor stomach all squeamious.<br/>
                                    &#8212; The Great Quux<br/>
</p></div><p>See also <a href="VAX.html"><i class="glossterm">VAX</i></a>, <a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>,
<a href="../T/TOPS-20.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-20</i></a>, <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>,
<a href="../R/runic.html"><i class="glossterm">runic</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Visual-Fred.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../V.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="voice.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Visual Fred </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> voice</td></tr></table></div></body></html>