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 system virtual machine (also called SYS-VM[citation needed]) is a virtual machine (VM) that provides a complete system platform and supports the execution...
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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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programs when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware. Virtual DOS machines can operate either exclusively through typical...
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Hypervisor (redirect from Virtual machine monitor)
more virtual machines is called a host machine, and each virtual machine is called a guest machine. The hypervisor presents the guest operating systems with...
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stand-alone System/360 computer. In hardware virtualization, the host machine is the machine that is used by the virtualization and the guest machine is the...
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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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family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the...
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IBM M44/44X system. The creation and management of virtual machines has also been called "platform virtualization", or "server virtualization", more recently...
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operating system. In theory, a virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system", but this...
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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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BEAM is the virtual machine at the core of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform (OTP). BEAM is part of the Erlang Run-Time System (ERTS), which compiles Erlang...
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Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization by Oracle Corporation...
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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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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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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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OVF Package which may contain one or more virtual systems each of which can be deployed to a virtual machine. In September 2007 VMware, Dell, HP, IBM,...
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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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Execution (computing) (section Virtual machine)
computer and software engineering is the process by which a computer or virtual machine interprets and acts on the instructions of a computer program. Each...
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OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances...
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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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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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alternative to Google's implementation of the Dalvik virtual machine that runs on the Android operating system and other platforms. It was originally developed...
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designing. Virtual machining system can be used in process planning of machining operations by considering the most suitable steps of machining operations...
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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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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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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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Squawk is a Java micro edition virtual machine for embedded system and small devices. Most virtual machines for the Java platform are written in low level...
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The Perl virtual machine is a stack-based process virtual machine implemented as an opcodes interpreter which runs previously compiled programs written...
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VMOS (software) (category Virtual machines)
VMOS is a virtual machine app that runs on Android, which can run another Android OS as the guest operating system. Users can optionally run the guest...
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