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- initialism aviation Virgin MotherShip —
mothership prefix for Virgin Galactic spacelines - proper noun computing "Virtual Memory System" — the
operating system for theDEC VAX series of computers
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Examples
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The vehicle was released June 27 at a high altitude from its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, which has been dubbed VMS Eve.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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VMS components on the vessel sometimes are called VMS, or sometimes Automatic Location Communicators (ALC).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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VMS components on the vessel sometimes are called VMS, or sometimes Automatic Location Communicators (ALC).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Traffic signals - known as VMS signs - will be placed along the routes approaching College Green to direct motorists.
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Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise is released from the mothership WhiteKnight2 , also known as VMS Eve, over California.
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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.
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