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Difference between revisions of "Virtual machines"
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− | *VMWare | + | *[http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page Qemu] |
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+ | *[http://www.vmware.com/ VMWare] |
Revision as of 14:16, 6 September 2011
Definition
A Virtual Machine, abbreviated VM, is an isolated operating system, installed within an operating system on a host computer. Virtual Machines work through hardware virtualization. The original definition of a virtual machine is "An efficient, isolated duplicate of a real machine"