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MVS

Operating system for IBM mainframes

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Also known as Multiple Virtual Storage · OS/VS2 · MVS operating system · IBM MVS

Developer: IBM
Released: 1974
Latest version: 2.2
License: proprietary license

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Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) is the most commonly used operating system on the System/370, System/390 and IBM Z IBM mainframe computers. IBM developed MVS, along with OS/VS1 and SVS, as a successor to OS/360. It is unrelated to IBM's other mainframe operating system lines, e.g., VSE, VM, TPF.

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Replaces: OS/360
OS/VS2
Platforms: IBM System/370
IBM S/390

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