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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Oracle VM Server for x86 is a server virtualization offering from Oracle Corporation. Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the free and open-source Xen...
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computing, virtualization is the use of a computer to simulate another computer. The following is a chronological list of virtualization technologies...
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computer. In hardware virtualization, the host machine is the machine that is used by the virtualization and the guest machine is the virtual machine. The words...
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Protection ring (redirect from CPL3 (x86))
structure as part of their NGSCB initiative, and hypervisors based on x86 virtualization such as Intel VT-x (formerly Vanderpool). The original Multics system...
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all x86 CPUs from 80286 onwards until the introduction of UMIP in 2017. This has been a significant security problem for software-based virtualization, since...
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processor is running a protected mode operating system. It is a hardware virtualization technique that allowed multiple 8086 processors to be emulated by the...
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x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set. It was announced in 1999 and first available...
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and Goldberg virtualization requirements are a set of conditions sufficient for a computer architecture to support system virtualization efficiently....
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Hardware virtualization is the virtualization of computers as complete hardware platforms, certain logical abstractions of their componentry, or only the...
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Hyper-V (redirect from Windows Server Virtualization)
Hyper-V is a native hypervisor developed by Microsoft; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. It is included in Pro and Enterprise...
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Denali (operating system) (category Virtualization software)
to support high performance virtual machines, even on the notoriously uncooperative x86 architecture (see x86 virtualization). The envisioned usage model...
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both proprietary and open-source x86 virtualization hypervisor products were developed using software-based virtualization. Proprietary systems include Hyper-V...
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x86 assembly language is a family of low-level programming languages that are used to produce object code for the x86 class of processors. These languages...
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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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application virtualization software Comparison of OS emulation or virtualization apps on Android Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements Virtual DOS machine...
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the x86 instruction set in order to support hardware virtualization. These extensions provide instructions for entering and leaving a virtualized execution...
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Parallels Workstation (category Virtualization software)
developer of desktop and server virtualization software. The Workstation software comprises a virtual machine suite for Intel x86-compatible computers (running...
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Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) formerly known as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, is an x86 virtualization product developed by Red Hat, and is based on...
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Blue Pill (software) (category Virtualization software)
the codename for a rootkit based on x86 virtualization. Blue Pill originally required AMD-V (Pacifica) virtualization support, but was later ported to support...
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interaction with the host hardware. Virtual appliance Virtual disk image x86 virtualization "Download: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 - Enterprise Edition"...
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Real mode (category X86 operating modes)
as DOSBox or x86 virtualization products. Unreal mode Protected Mode Boot loader 80386 IA-32 x86 assembly language Conventional memory "x86 CPU Reference...
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Hypervisor (redirect from Virtual machine monitor)
that would have impeded virtualization. (Compare with virtualization on x86 processors below.) HPE provides HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM)...
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hardware-assisted virtualization, with virtualization-specific hardware features on the host CPUs providing assistance to hypervisors. Process virtual machines...
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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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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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Xen (redirect from XAPI (virtualization))
virtualization with PV drivers for IO devices. PVHVM (paravirtualization with hardware virtualization): PV supported hardware-assisted virtualization...
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QEMU (category Free virtualization software)
program access to the hardware virtualization features of various processors, with which QEMU can offer virtualization for x86, PowerPC, and S/390 guests...
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Virtual disk image x86 virtualization Comparison of platform virtualization software All editions except Starter. "Windows Virtual PC". Download Center...
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a virtual network. Network virtualization involves platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization. Network virtualization is categorized...
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