Transaction Processing Management System

Last updated July 02, 2025

Transaction Processing Management System (TPMS)^[1] is an online transaction processing superstructure software from ICL (now Fujitsu Services) that runs on their VME mainframe computers. The first versions were released in the mid-1970s and were sold worldwide.

Structure

The service runs in at least two Virtual Machines (VMs)

a Control VM (CVM), responsible for connecting, disconnecting terminals and routing messages
one or more Application VMs (AVMs), responsible for all application processing - receiving input messages and returning output messages.

References

↑ "ICL - VME 2900 - Implementing a Transaction Processing System (TPMS 320) - Manual - Computing History". computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

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[1] "ICL - VME 2900 - Implementing a Transaction Processing System (TPMS 320) - Manual - Computing History". computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

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