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Line of computers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation
VAX (an acronym for virtual address extension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that
VAX
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up vax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vax or VAX is a computing instruction set architecture by DEC. VAX or Vax may also refer to: VAX (band)
Vax_(disambiguation)
Computer operating system
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) as VAX/VMS (Virtual Address eXtension/Virtual Memory System) alongside the VAX-11/780 minicomputer in 1977. OpenVMS
OpenVMS
Family of superminicomputers by Digital
The VAX-11 is a discontinued family of 32-bit superminicomputers, running the Virtual Address eXtension (VAX) instruction set architecture (ISA), developed
VAX-11
American computer manufacturer (1957–1998)
Their success was only surpassed by another DEC product, the late-1970s VAX "supermini" systems that were designed to replace the PDP-11. Although a
Digital_Equipment_Corporation
Family of low-cost minicomputers
MicroVAX I, shipped in 1984. The series uses processors that implement the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA) and were succeeded by the VAX 4000.
MicroVAX
Multiprocessor minicomputers
The VAX 7000 and VAX 10000 are a discontinued family of high-end multiprocessor minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation
VAX_7000_and_VAX_10000
Computer assembly language
VAX MACRO is the computer assembly language implementing the VAX instruction set architecture for the OpenVMS operating system, originally released by
VAX_MACRO
American musical artist
Evan Peter Mast, also known by his stage name E*vax or E.Vax, is an American EDM record producer and DJ. He is one-half of the New York–based electronic
E*vax
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List_of_VAX_computers
UK cleaning appliance company
Vax UK Ltd is a British based brand that manufactures electrical goods and cleaning products in the floor-care and air treatment sectors, and which has
Vax_(brand)
Mainframe computer from DEC
The VAX 9000 is a discontinued family of mainframes developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) using custom ECL-based processors
VAX_9000
Family of superminicomputers by Digital Equipment Corporation
The VAX 8000 is a discontinued family of superminicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) using processors implementing
VAX_8000
Type of computer benchmarking tool
The VAX Unit of Performance, or VUP for short, is an obsolete measurement of computer performance used by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). 1 VUP was
VAX_Unit_of_Performance
Family of low-end superminicomputers
using microprocessors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA). The VAX 4000 succeeded the MicroVAX family, and shipped with the OpenVMS
VAX_4000
Minicomputer by Digital Equipment Corporation
implementing the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA). Originally, the VAX 6000 was intended to be a mid-range VAX product line complementing the VAX 8000, but
VAX_6000
Unix operating system
with Ozalp Babaoglu added virtual memory capability to Unix running on a VAX-11 computer. During the 1980s, BSD gained widespread adoption by workstation
Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley_Software_Distribution
VAX LISP was an implementation of Common Lisp for VMS and ULTRIX on 32-bit VAXs. It was the first Common Lisp to be written for non-Lisp machines. It
VAX_Common_Lisp
Computer bus used on VAX computers
Digital Equipment Corporation for connecting storage devices and clustering VAX systems. It was designed as a smaller and lower-cost replacement for the
Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
Digital_Storage_Systems_Interconnect
Family of DEC workstation computers
projects at Digital - a dedicated VAX workstation named SUVAX (Single User VAX), and a project to port Smalltalk-80 to a VAX-11/780 equipped with a bitmap
VAXstation
De facto independent state in Myanmar
in Myanmar Mang Lon Wa Women's Association Parauk: Meung Pa-Raog or Meung Vax Chinese: 佤邦; pinyin: Wǎ Bāng; Wade–Giles: Wa3 Pang1 Burmese: ဝပြည်နယ် Gray
Wa_State
Anti-vaccine activism, which collectively constitutes the "anti-vax" or "anti-vaxx" movement, is a set of organized activities expressing opposition to
Anti-vaccine_activism
Biotechnology company
GeoVax is a clinical-stage biotechnology company which develops vaccines. GeoVax's development platform uses Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector technology
GeoVax
64-bit RISC instruction set architecture
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Alpha was designed to replace 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computers (CISC) and to be a highly competitive RISC
DEC_Alpha
Text editor
EVE (introduced as the Extensible VAX Editor, later as the Extensible Versatile Editor) is a flexible text editor that is part of the VMS operating system
EVE_(text_editor)
Series of discontinued Unix operating systems by DEC
Corporation's (DEC) discontinued native Unix operating systems for the PDP-11, VAX, MicroVAX and DECstations. The initial development of Unix occurred on DEC equipment
Ultrix
American biotechnology company
CancerVax, Inc. is an American biotechnology company based in Lehi, Utah. Founded in 2021, CancerVax is developing a novel Universal Cancer Treatment Platform
CancerVax
Dialect of the BASIC programming language
on VAX, then Alpha, Integrity, and most recently x86-64. Past names for the product include: BASIC-PLUS, Basic Plus 2 (BP2 or BASIC-Plus-2), VAX BASIC
VSI_BASIC_for_OpenVMS
Lottery for COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Ohio
The Ohio Vax-A-Million was a weekly lottery held every Wednesday from May 26 through June 23, 2021, by the Ohio Lottery and the Ohio Department of Health
Ohio_Vax-A-Million
subset of the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA). The 78032 is used exclusively in DEC's VAX-based systems, starting with the MicroVAX II in 1985. When
MicroVAX_78032
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
Bing, Chris; Schechtman, Joel (June 14, 2024). "Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic". Reuters. Toropin, Konstantin
Series of 16-bit minicomputers
An effort to expand the PDP-11 from 16- to 32-bit addressing led to the VAX-11 design, which took part of its name from the PDP-11. In 1963, DEC introduced
PDP-11
American social networking service
Bing, Chris; Schechtman, Joel (June 14, 2024). "Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic". Reuters. "Twitter's sensitive
X_(social_network)
Experimental nicotine dependency vaccine
NicVAX is an experimental conjugate vaccine intended to reduce or eliminate physical dependence to nicotine. According to the U.S. National Institute
NicVAX
Computer programming methodology
a pointer is an orthogonal concept). An example from IBM Mainframe and VAX highlights this concept. An IBM mainframe has two different instructions
Orthogonality_(programming)
Greek-Swedish songwriter and record producer (born 1979)
under the name "The WAV.s". Since 2017, he has been a member of the pop band VAX. Papaconstantinou has also written and co-written a number of notable songs
Alex_P
IBM mainframe-compatible low-end system
of the day, referring to the VAX systems manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), carried IBM's alleged "VAX Killer" phrase, albeit often
IBM_9370
Vaccine used to treat cancer
CimaVax-EGF is a vaccine used to treat cancer, specifically non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). CIMAvax-EGF is composed of recombinant human epidermal
CimaVax-EGF
Vaccine company, Israel
BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is an Israeli biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and manufacturing immunotherapeutic products, primarily for
BiondVax
hands of a dragon, Vax and Vex became inseparable, relying on each other as they navigated a dangerous world. In the series, Vax is depicted as the group's
List of The Legend of Vox Machina characters
List_of_The_Legend_of_Vox_Machina_characters
Illegal import of computers
The failure of the Soviets to acquire a VAX-11/782, a dual-processor variation of the VAX-11/780, the original VAX, unraveled much of their smuggling system
Soviet computing technology smuggling
Soviet_computing_technology_smuggling
Procedural, imperative computer programming language
implementation aside from IBM's was Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX-11 PL/I, later known as VAX PL/I, then DEC PL/I. The implementation is "a strict superset
PL/I
Miniprocessor chip set
that implemented the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA). It was introduced on 11 July 1989 with the introduction of the VAX 6000 Model 400, the first
Rigel_(microprocessor)
Lisp programming language system
algebra system on VAX. The project began at the end of 1978, soon after UC Berkeley took delivery of their first VAX 11/780 (named Ernie CoVax, after Ernie
Franz_Lisp
Equal sharing of all resources by multiple identical processors
manner. In contrast, DECs first multi-processor VAX system, the VAX-11/782, was asymmetric, but later VAX multiprocessor systems were SMP. Early commercial
Symmetric_multiprocessing
Multi-system emulator
PDP-11 PDP-15 VAX Family Systems MicroVAX I, VAXStation I MicroVAX II, VAXStation II MicroVAX 3900 VAX 11/730 VAX 11/750 VAX 11/780 VAX 8600 GRI-909 2116
SIMH
Relational database management system
released by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1984 as VAX Rdb/VMS. Rdb was a component of the VAX Information Architecture, and was designed to interoperate
Oracle_Rdb
Bus for VAX computers
VAXBI (VAX Bus Interconnect) is a computer bus designed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), introduced in 1986. The bus is an advanced, configuration-free
VAXBI
American biotechnology company
EpiVax is an American biotechnology company, founded in 1998 by Anne Searls De Groot. EpiVax holds the exclusive license to the EpiMatrix vaccine design
EpiVax
Vaccine
NeuVax is a peptide vaccine aimed at preventing or delaying the recurrence of breast cancer in cancer survivors who achieve remission after standard of
NeuVax
CMOS microprocessor by Digital Equipment Corporation
NVAX+ was used in late-model VAX systems released in 1991 such as the MicroVAX 3100, VAXstation 4000, VAX 4000, VAX 6000, VAX 7000/10000 and VAXft. Although
NVAX
1980s GUI development environment
created by NASA in the 1980s. It is available for us on DEC VAX ULTRIX, DEC RISC ULTRIX, Sun, VAX/VMS, Silicon Graphics, HP9000, and IBM RS/6000 based systems
Transportable Applications Environment
Transportable_Applications_Environment
VaxGen was a biopharmaceutical company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1995 and based in South San Francisco, California, the company
VaxGen
American comic book series
Star Wars: Legacy is an American comic book series set in the Star Wars universe. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, is written by John Ostrander
Star_Wars:_Legacy
RISC instruction set architecture
for the PRISM architecture, which was intended as a replacement for both VAX/VMS and ULTRIX on PRISM, although a standalone PRISM ULTRIX port was eventually
DEC_PRISM
Real-time operating system
VAXELN (typically pronounced "VAX-elan") is a discontinued real-time operating system for the VAX family of computers produced by the Digital Equipment
VAXELN
Programming language for microcomputers based on PL/1 and XPL
PLMX, which ran on other operating environments such as CP/M, MS-DOS, and VAX/VMS. PL/M is no longer supported by Intel, but aftermarket tools like PL/M-to-C
PL/M
Vaccine candidate against COVID-19
MigVax-101 is a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oravax Medical. Jaffe-Hoffman M (11 June 2021). "Israeli oral COVID-19 vaccine en route to clinical
MigVax-101
Chronic disease caused by bacterial infection
Development of a more effective vaccine is ongoing. A novel vaccine called LepVax entered clinical trials in 2017 with the first encouraging results reported
Leprosy
of the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA) developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The V-11 was Digital's first VAX microprocessor
DEC_V-11
British prince (born 1984)
movement. In April 2021, Harry and Meghan were announced as campaign chairs for Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, an event organised by Global Citizen
Prince_Harry,_Duke_of_Sussex
DEC VAX computer was installed at Berkeley in 1978. The port of Version 7 Unix to the VAX architecture, UNIX/32V, did not take advantage of the VAX's virtual
History of the Berkeley Software Distribution
History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Vaccine that protects against yellow fever
Characteristics (SmPC)". (emc). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019. "YF-Vax". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 6 August 2019. Archived from the
Yellow_fever_vaccine
1988 VAX/VMS computer worm
the HI.COM VMS worm, was a computer worm that used the DECnet to attack VAX/VMS systems. It was released in December 1988. The aim of this worm was to
Father Christmas (computer worm)
Father_Christmas_(computer_worm)
Vaccine against Japanese encephalitis
Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Randomized control trials on JE-VAX have shown that a two-dose schedule provides protection for one year. Japanese
Japanese_encephalitis_vaccine
Type of viruses that cause gastroenteritis
(PDF) from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019. "HilleVax Pipeline". Hillevax Pipeline. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021
Norovirus
American actress and singer (born 1992)
concerns following the January 6 US Capitol attack. In May 2021, Gomez hosted Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, organized by Global Citizen to promote
Selena_Gomez
Rule-based system for configuring computers
1978 to assist in the ordering of Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) VAX computer systems by automatically selecting the computer system components
Xcon
Layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures
the VAX 9000 has a hardwired IBox unit to fetch and decode instructions, which it hands to a microcoded EBox unit to be executed, and the VAX 8800 has
Microcode
American conservative political commentator (born 1969)
big positions I've taken in the past five years—against the neocons, the vax and the war [in Ukraine]—have been very unpopular with our audience at first
Tucker_Carlson
American non-profit corporation
deprecating the established VAX MIPS or VAX Unit of Performance metric, the initial SPEC benchmarks retained Digital's VAX 11/780 as its reference, having
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
Standard_Performance_Evaluation_Corporation
British-American surgeon and author
Martin (June 10, 2021). "Opinion | Think Twice Before Giving the COVID Vax to Healthy Kids". MedPage Today. Retrieved February 9, 2022. Sangal, Aditi
Marty_Makary
Vaccine against malaria
vaccines ALVAC-CEA BCG# Hepatitis B# HPV# Cervarix Gardasil Prostvac NicVAX Ovandrotone albumin (Fecundin) TA-CD TA-NIC combination: DTaP-IPV/Hib DTaP-IPV-HepB
Malaria_vaccine
Computer operating system
driven by Digital's need to provide a migration path to PRISM for Digital's VAX/VMS customers, as well as allowing PRISM systems to compete in the increasingly
DEC_MICA
Early commercial UNIX operating system
developed earlier for the Bell-internal CB UNIX. SVR1 ran on DEC PDP-11 and VAX minicomputers. AT&T's UNIX Support Group (USG) transformed into the UNIX
UNIX_System_V
Synthetic benchmark for evaluating the performance of computers
were combined to form the VAX MIPS, a Millions of Integer Instructions Per Second measure calibrated to read the Digital VAX 11/780 as 1 MIPS. Note that
Whetstone_(benchmark)
Programmable machine that processes data
Computer HP 9100 Fourth generation (VLSI integrated circuits) Minicomputer VAX, IBM AS/400 4-bit microcomputer Intel 4004, Intel 4040 8-bit microcomputer
Computer
for OpenVMS VAX ADA VAX BASIC VAX BLISS VAX CDD/Plus DEC COBOL VAX Datatrieve DEC DATATRIEVE VAX DIBOL VAX DOCUMENT VAX FORTRAN MACRO-64 VAX SCAN Compaq
Language-Sensitive_Editor
American podcaster and comedian (born 1967)
Retrieved April 28, 2021. Spangler, Todd (April 27, 2021). "Joe Rogan Anti-Vax Comments About Young People Create New Headache for Spotify". Variety. Archived
Joe_Rogan
Commune in Occitania, France
Saint-Michel-de-Vax is a rural commune and hamlet in the Tarn department in southern France. The hamlet is located on a largely wooded Causse just east
Saint-Michel-de-Vax
American member of the British royal family (born 1981)
movement. In April 2021, the couple were announced as campaign chairs for Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, an event organized by Global Citizen
Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex
Computer keyboard key
(1990). VAX to VAX: a practical guide to connecting VAXs and their peripherals. Wiley. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-471-51506-7. Gold key: A special key on a VAX terminal
Gold_key_(DEC)
Measure of a computer's processing speed
became useful in the late 1970s. The IBM System/370 model 158–3 and the VAX-11/780 were considered roughly equivalent at 1 MIPS. The speed of a given
Instructions_per_second
programmer's point of view, it was a complete replica of the VAX 11/750 Comet and unlike the MicroVAX microprocessors produced by DEC, it included floating-point
K1839
Brand name of floor care products
subsidiary of Hong Kong–based Techtronic Industries, who also own Oreck, Vax, and Hoover North America. The origins of the Dirt Devil brand can be traced
Dirt_Devil
Australian conspiracy theorist (born 1960)
February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025. Barker, Emily (3 April 2023). "Anti-vax group My Place is pushing to take 'control of council decisions'". ABC News
Riccardo_Bosi
1988 Internet worm
2, 1988, was a malicious self-replicating computer program that affected VAX computers and SUN-3 workstations running the 4.2 and 4.3 Berkeley UNIX code
Morris_worm
Australian rugby league footballer
Cartwright has a substantial anti-vax following on social media and has been dubbed a "poster boy" for the anti-vax movement. Cartwright and his now ex-wife
Bryce_Cartwright
Personal computer
equivalent to DEC VAX-11/750 instructions. With the VAX-11/750 rated at 0.62 VAX MIPS, Acorn's claimed 4 MIPS translates crudely to around 2.5 VAX MIPS. However
Acorn_Archimedes
Multiprocessor computer system where not all of the CPUs are treated equally
was attached to perform the operation. DEC's first multi-processor VAX system, the VAX-11/782, was an asymmetric dual-processor system; only the first processor
Asymmetric_multiprocessing
Topics referred to by the same term
Terry Shannon may refer to: Terry Shannon (politician) (born 1962), Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Cork. Terry Shannon (IT) (1952-2005), American IT
Terry_Shannon
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
Savannah (August 12, 2021). "'Jeopardy!' Host Mayim Bialik Says She's Not Anti-vax". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 14, 2026. McNear, Claire (December 27, 2023)
Mayim_Bialik
Flora Carmichael, Charlie Haynes (August 11, 2021). "Facebook removes anti-vax influencer campaign". BBC. Retrieved December 18, 2025. Denitsa Koseva (December
AdNow
US Army general (born 1969)
the COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly worsening, Braga reportedly led an anti-vax propaganda campaign in the Philippines. The disinformation campaign was targeted
Jonathan_P._Braga
TroVax is a cancer vaccine that was developed by Oxford BioMedica. No cancer vaccines have been proven to cure cancer or extend life yet, TroVax has been
TroVax
Campaign of the web series Critical Role
de Rolo, née Vessar, half-elf ranger / rogue Liam O'Brien as Vax'ildan "Vax" Vessar, half-elf rogue / paladin / druid Taliesin Jaffe as Percival "Percy"
Critical_Role_campaign_one
Vaccine against COVID-19
new plant to become operational in 2021. The vaccine will be branded Hayat-Vax. In December 2020, Egypt announced an agreement between Sinopharm and Egypt's
Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine
Sinopharm_BIBP_COVID-19_vaccine
Polish boxer (born 1979)
Mariusz Wach (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmariuʂ ˈvax]; born 14 December 1979) is a Polish professional boxer. He challenged once for the unified WBA (Super)
Mariusz_Wach
Type of motorcycle
and Canada. All engines had the engine prefix letters "VAX" and so these are often referred as "VAX Interceptors". The then flagship 692 cc Constellation
Royal_Enfield_Interceptor
Unix operating system port for DEC VAX architecture
June 1979. 32V was a direct port of the Seventh Edition Unix to the DEC VAX architecture. Before 32V, Unix had primarily run on DEC PDP-11 computers
UNIX/32V
VAX
VAX
VAX
VAX
Girl/Female
Latin
Young. Jove's child. Feminine of Julius.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the female personal name (A)mabel (see Mabbitt).
Boy/Male
Native American
Setting sun.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Centre of Body; An Ancient King
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Long Field
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Love
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English
Consecration
Girl/Female
American, Christian, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Light
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lounsbury.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Dependable
VAX
VAX
VAX
VAX
VAX