In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and...
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A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are...
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virtualization (abbreviated v12n) is a series of technologies that allows dividing of physical computing resources into a series of virtual machines,...
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A system virtual machine (also called SysVM) is a virtual machine (VM) that provides a complete system platform and supports the execution of a complete...
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Hypervisor (redirect from Virtual machine monitor)
as a virtual machine monitor (VMM) or virtualizer, is a type of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines. A computer...
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Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a software tool for parallel networking of computers. It is designed to allow a network of heterogeneous Unix and/or...
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Virtual DOS machines (VDM) refer to a technology that allows running 16-bit/32-bit DOS and 16-bit Windows programs when there is already another operating...
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In computer security, virtual machine escape (VM escape) is the process of a program breaking out of the virtual machine (VM) on which it is running and...
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Parrot is a discontinued register-based process virtual machine designed to run dynamic languages efficiently. It is possible to compile Parrot assembly...
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In computing, virtual machine introspection (VMI) is a technique "for monitoring the runtime state of a system-level virtual machine (VM)", which is helpful...
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deployment and management of virtual machines and containers. It is based on a modified Debian LTS kernel. Two types of virtualization are supported: container-based...
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...
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A virtual private server (VPS) or virtual dedicated server (VDS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting company. A virtual private...
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Ethereum (redirect from Ethereum Virtual Machine)
officer, in the Ethereum Yellow Paper that specified the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Subsequently, a Swiss non-profit foundation, the Ethereum Foundation...
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Application virtualization software refers to both application virtual machines and software responsible for implementing them. Application virtual machines are...
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A virtual finite-state machine (VFSM) is a finite-state machine (FSM) defined in a virtual environment. The VFSM concept provides a software specification...
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Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often...
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Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization developed by Oracle...
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x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU. In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved...
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HotSpot, released as Java HotSpot Performance Engine, is a Java virtual machine for desktop and server computers, developed by Sun Microsystems which...
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Virtual machining is the practice of using computers to simulate and model the use of machine tools for part manufacturing. Such activity replicates the...
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Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface (JVMTI, or more properly, JVM TI) was introduced in J2SE 5.0 (Tiger). This interface allows a program to inspect the...
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This article provides non-exhaustive lists of Java SE Java virtual machines (JVMs). It does not include every Java ME vendor. Note that Jakarta EE runs...
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VM (operating system) (redirect from Virtual Machine/System Product)
VM (often: VM/CMS) is a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible...
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A virtual appliance is a pre-configured virtual machine image, ready to run on a hypervisor; virtual appliances are a subset of the broader class of software...
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List of file formats (redirect from List of virtual machine file formats)
– Virtual Machine Logfile VMDK, DSK – Virtual Machine Disk NVRAM – Virtual Machine BIOS VMEM – Virtual Machine paging file VMSD – Virtual Machine snapshot...
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Virt-manager (redirect from Virtual Machine Manager)
virt-manager is a desktop virtual machine monitor primarily developed by Red Hat. Virt-manager allows users to: create, edit, start and stop VMs view...
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green thread is a thread that is scheduled by a runtime library or virtual machine (VM) instead of natively by the underlying operating system (OS). Green...
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) forms part of Microsoft's System Center line of virtual machine management and reporting tools, alongside...
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file (.vud) incrementally stores changes made by the virtual machine compared to the main Virtual hard disk drive (VHD) image, which can be applied or...
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