Computing Dictionary
Integrated Database Management System definition
database (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).
[Was it a
relational database?]
(1995-04-19)