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ICL VME
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<p>VME (<i>Virtual Machine Environment</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Mainframe_computer/nrBR6rWa">mainframe</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> developed by the <a href="/facts/UK/kuPAILt2">UK</a> company <a href="/facts/International_Computers_Limited/2ztan410">International Computers Limited</a> (ICL, now part of the <a href="/facts/Fujitsu/6e5gvNSa">Fujitsu</a> group). Originally developed in the 1970s (as VME/B, later VME 2900) to drive ICL's then new <a href="/facts/ICL_2900_Series/ka6K2NFC">2900 Series</a> mainframes, the operating system is now known as OpenVME incorporating a <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> subsystem, and runs on <a href="/facts/ICL_Series_39/nC53rNBg">ICL Series 39</a> and Trimetra mainframe computers, as well as industry-standard <a href="/facts/X64/cyWvUFlP">x64</a> servers. </p>