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  • initialism aviation Virgin MotherShip — mothership prefix for Virgin Galactic spacelines
  • proper noun computing "Virtual Memory System" — the operating system for the DEC VAX series of computers

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Examples

  • The vehicle was released June 27 at a high altitude from its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, which has been dubbed VMS Eve.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Monday from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in Mojave, Calif. unveiled on December 7, 2009, took the journey while remaining attached to its mothership, a carrier aircraft called VMS Eve.

    CNET News.com 2010

  • SpaceShipTwo, or VSS Enterprise, glides toward the earth on its first test flight after release from the mothership, WhiteKnight2, also known as VMS Eve, over the Mojave, Calif., area.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010

  • Monday from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in Mojave, Calif. unveiled on December 7, 2009, took the journey while remaining attached to its mothership, a carrier aircraft called VMS Eve.

    CNET News.com 2010

  • Similarly, if the receiver is online, the dialler on the receiver's computer rings or leaves a VMS, which is delivered in email for free.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • VMS components on the vessel sometimes are called VMS, or sometimes Automatic Location Communicators (ALC).

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • VMS components on the vessel sometimes are called VMS, or sometimes Automatic Location Communicators (ALC).

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Traffic signals - known as VMS signs - will be placed along the routes approaching College Green to direct motorists.

    An Irish Town Planner's Blog 2009

  • Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise is released from the mothership WhiteKnight2 , also known as VMS Eve, over California.

    Space Adventure for $200,000 a Seat 2011

  • Ambler is an exploration-stage property located in Alaska comprising 90,614 acres of Federal patented and unpatented mining claims and State of Alaska mining claims, covering a major portion of the precious-metal-rich Ambler volcanogenic massive sulfide ( "VMS") belt.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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