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From: Hampton@DOCKMASTER.ARPA (David Hampton)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Question
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 16:17:00 EDT
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According to the Digital coursebook, VAX-11 Concepts: Machine
Architecture and Overview, 'the letters "V-A-X" stand for Virtual
Address eXtension' and 'VMS is the abbreviation for "Virtual Memory
System"'.