virtual machine

A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.

Noun

  1. A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.
  2. A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode.

Forms

virtual machines

Synonyms

VM

Hypernyms

machine

Hyponyms

process virtual machine system virtual machine

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