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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System
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<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System (or JPLDIS) is a file management program written in <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">FORTRAN</a>. </p><p>JPLDIS is important because it was the inspiration and precursor to <a href="/facts/DBASE/9U0YCWEo">dBASE</a>, arguably one of the most influential <a href="/facts/Database_management_system/VYcpkevb">DBMS</a> programs for early microcomputers. </p>