Computer Hardware Terms, Glossary and Dictionary

VAX (an acronym from Virtual Address eXtension) is a 32-bit computing architecture that supports an orthogonal instruction set (machine language) and virtual addressing (i.e. demand paged virtual memory). It was developed in the mid-1970s by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). DEC was later purchased by Compaq, which in turn was purchased by Hewlett-Packard.

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VAX: Virtual Address Extension