FAME (forecasting analysis and modeling environment) is a time series database and domain-specific programming language. In statistics, signal processing, and econometrics, a time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times, spaced at (often uniform) time intervals. ... A domain-specific programming language (domain-specific language, DSL) is a programming language designed to be useful for a specific set of tasks. ...

FAME was created and first marketed in 1982/3 by GemNet Software of Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States, founded by David Goldsmith and Larry Rafsky, PhDs in Economics (Harvard) and Statistics (Yale) respectively. It had its roots in ADP Network Services (also of Ann Arbor, Michigan); ADP's TSAM (Time Series Analysis and Modeling) product was a partial inspiration for the original FAME 4GL. TSAM ran on ADP's time-sharing machines, but FAME was intended for general installation on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX (and later Prime Computer) systems. Ann Arbor redirects here. ... Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ... A fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) is a programming language designed with a specific purpose in mind such as the development of commercial business software. ... Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the computer industry. ... VAX is a 32-bit computing architecture that supports an orthogonal instruction set (machine language) and virtual addressing (i. ... Prime Computer was a Natick, Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. ...

Goldsmith was the chief language designer, James Dowling the database and processing engine architect, Tom Steppe designed the graphics engine, Dick Vile wrote the compiler, and Bobbi Guarino did the econometrics. A Graphics engine may refer to: Game engine: a physics model typically implemented in software for use in computer games; Graphics engine (hardware): a specialized computer hardware device, typically integrated with a framebuffer or other video display circuitry, for performing graphics calculations independently of a computers main processor; or... A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language, multi-target compiler. ... Econometrics is concerned with the tasks of developing and applying quantitative or statistical methods to the study and elucidation of economic principles. ...

The first commercial installation was at Harris Bank in Chicago, the second at Salomon Brothers on Wall Street. Harris Bank was founded by Norman Wait Harris. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... This article deals with Salomon Brothers. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ...

It has long since been a tool used by the banking and finance industries, where for example it acts as a back-end storage facility for services like the Financial Times Share Indexes. In the late 1980s, FAME was also used by the JP Morgan company (now JPMorgan Chase) in their equity quantitative analysis and modeling group to generate models of the stock market. Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and others mounted similar efforts. In their most general meanings, the terms front end and back end refer to the initial and the end stages of a process flow. ... The Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of 100 Leading Shares, or FTSE 100 Index (pronounced footsie), is a share index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. ... JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the world. ... The Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century This article is about the concept of equity in the jurisprudence of common law countries. ... Quantitative analysis has different meanings in different contexts. ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ...

FAME, unlike a relational database, is optimized and designed from scratch to hold data held in a time format. It is based on a B-tree data structure. A relational database is a database that conforms to the relational model, and refers to a databases data and schema (the databases structure of how that data is arranged). ... B-trees are tree data structures that are most commonly found in databases and filesystem implementations. ...

GemNet, later renamed FAME Software Corp and then FAME Information Services, was acquired by Citicorp in 1985, and later sold to private investors. In December 2003 FAME Information Services was acquired by Sungard Market Data Services who now offer the FAME database along with a suite of associated products. FAME Software Corporation registered the original fame.com domain in 1992. Citibank was founded in 1812 as City Bank of New York. ... SunGard provides financial services and information availability services to businesses. ...

See also

• Time series database

A time series database server (TSDS) is a software system that is optimized for handling a time series. ...

External links

• Sungard FAME site