IMS

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IMS
1. Trademark A well-established database management system supplied by IBM. It is based on and implements the hierarchical data model, but has gained additional nonhierarchical features as a result of practical needs. DL/1 is the data manipulation language of IMS.

2. Abbrev. for image management system.

IMS

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