(VME) A flexible open-ended bus system which makes use of the Eurocard standard. VME was iNTroduced in 1981 by Motorola, Philips, Thompson, and Mostek. It was iNTended to be a flexible environmeNT supporting a variety of computing iNTensive tasks, and has become a rather popular protocol in the computer industry. It is defined by the IEEE standard 1014-1987. (1997-03-10)