{{Short description|Online transaction processing superstructure software}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{One source|date=July 2025}}

'''Transaction Processing Management System''' ('''TPMS''')<ref>{{cite web |title=ICL - VME 2900 - Implementing a Transaction Processing System (TPMS 320) - Manual - Computing History |url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/39806/ICL-VME-2900-Implementing-a-Transaction-Processing-System-(TPMS-320)/ |website=computinghistory.org.uk |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> 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.

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