English Dictionary
◊ OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
object-oriented database management system
n : a database management system designed to manage an
object-oriented database
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN INTEGRATED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?
Integrated Database Management System
(IDMS) A network {DBMS} written by the staff of
B.F.Goorich (Akron, Ohio, USA) circa 1972 and sold to
{Cullinet} (Originally Cullinane, now part of {Computer
Associates}).
IDMS was licensed to {ICL} in 1976 for porting to, and
subsequent development on, their computers. It was
implemented on the {ICL 1900} Series ({DME} {George 2},
{George 3}, {CME}, {TME}), {System 4}, and {ICL 2900} Series
(later Series 39 Corporate Servers). The latest version runs
on Series 39 {OpenVME} as IDMSX (IDMS extended).
(1995-04-19)