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OpenVMS

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OpenVMS was established in the United States on October 25, 1977. It originated as a product within the American technology landscape during the late twentieth century. The specific date of its establishment marks a definitive point in its historical timeline.

OpenVMS

Summary

OpenVMS is a distributed operating system[1]. OpenVMS draws 1,028 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_operating_system category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • OpenVMS is in the country of United States[3].
  • OpenVMS's instance of is recorded as distributed operating system[4].
  • OpenVMS's instance of is recorded as operating system[5].
  • OpenVMS's instance of is recorded as proprietary software[6].
  • OpenVMS is owned by VMS Software Inc.[7].
  • OpenVMS's developer is recorded as VMS Software Inc.[8].
  • OpenVMS's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[9].
  • OpenVMS's software version identifier is recorded as V9.2[10].
  • OpenVMS's software version identifier is recorded as Alpha Version 7.1[11].
  • OpenVMS's software version identifier is recorded as V9.2-1[12].
  • OpenVMS's software version identifier is recorded as V9.2-2[13].
  • OpenVMS's software version identifier is recorded as V9.2-3[14].
  • OpenVMS's Commons category is recorded as OpenVMS[15].
  • OpenVMS's platform is recorded as VAX[16].
  • OpenVMS's platform is recorded as DEC Alpha[17].
  • OpenVMS's platform is recorded as Itanium[18].
  • OpenVMS's platform is recorded as Q272629[19].
  • OpenVMS's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • OpenVMS was distributed by CD-ROM[21].
  • October 25, 1977 marks the founding of OpenVMS[22].
  • OpenVMS was released on October 25, 1977[23].
  • OpenVMS's official website is recorded as https://www.vmssoftware.com[24].
  • OpenVMS's topic's main category is recorded as Category:OpenVMS[25].
  • OpenVMS's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • OpenVMS's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[27].

Body

Publication

OpenVMS was published on October 25, 1977[23]. OpenVMS's language of work or name is recorded as English[20]. OpenVMS was distributed by CD-ROM[21].

Why It Matters

OpenVMS draws 1,028 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_operating_system category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] OpenVMS has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] OpenVMS is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . vmssoftware.com. vmssoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . vmssoftware.com. vmssoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . vmssoftware.com. vmssoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . vmssoftware.com. vmssoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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