record management services

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Record Management Services

   <operating system> (RMS) Procedures in the {VMS} {operating
   system} that {programs} call to process {files} and {records}
   within files.  RMS allows programs to issue GET and PUT
   requests at the record level (record I/O) as well as read and
   write {blocks} (block I/O).  VMS RMS is an integral part of
   the system software; its procedures run in {executive mode}.

   (2003-11-11)