VAX minicomputer
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The VAX minicomputer is a line of 32-bit computers developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that became widely used in the late 1970s and 1980s for timesharing, scientific, and business applications.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer line
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minicomputer family ⓘ |
| addressSpace | virtual memory ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | VAX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architectureType | 32-bit ⓘ |
| company | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cpuArchitecture | VAX architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
business applications
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scientific computing ⓘ timesharing ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstModel | VAX-11/780 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | DEC Alpha architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instructionSetType | CISC ⓘ |
| introduced | 1977 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Virtual Address eXtension NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | minicomputers ⓘ |
| networkingSupport | DECnet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableModel |
MicroVAX
NERFINISHED
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VAX 8600 NERFINISHED ⓘ VAX-11/730 NERFINISHED ⓘ VAX-11/750 NERFINISHED ⓘ VAXstation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOS | VAX/VMS GENERATED ⓘ |
| popularPeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| successor | DEC Alpha systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
Ada
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C NERFINISHED ⓘ COBOL NERFINISHED ⓘ Fortran NERFINISHED ⓘ Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Ultrix
NERFINISHED
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VMS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
batch processing
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business data processing ⓘ engineering applications ⓘ interactive computing ⓘ multi-user computing ⓘ scientific simulations ⓘ time-sharing services ⓘ |
| usedIn |
commercial data centers
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research laboratories ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
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