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Computer operating system

OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. It is designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Customers using OpenVMS include banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers. During the 1990s and 2000s, there were approximately half a million VMS systems in operation worldwide. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: OpenVMSA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Trace element geochemistry of sphalerite and chalcopyrite in arc-hosted VMS depositsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Vm/CmsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Developing reliable, repeatable, and accessible methods to provide high-resolution estimates of fishing-effort distributions from vessel monitoring system (VMS) dataCited 301 times
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📖 Definitions

Symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Moksela.

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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