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The Gold key is a computer keyboard key used as a prefix to invoke a variety of single-key editing and formatting functions. Usually located in the top-left position of the numeric keypad on platforms such as the VT100, it is the signature element of a consistent user interface implemented by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) across multiple product lines.
VAX MACRO is the computer assembly language implementing the VAX instruction set architecture for the OpenVMS operating system, originally released by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1977.
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- ↑ "Contents of the Fall 1980 symposium tape for the VAX SIG". Fall 1980. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ↑ "Contents of the Spring 1982 symposium tape for the VAX SIG". Spring 1982. Archived from the original on 2006-05-25.
