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virtualization.

Noun
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
MEANING

The use of software or related mechanisms to provide virtual versions of computing resources or machines.

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several virtual machines sharing hardware; an isolated computing environment; software abstracting physical resources; a machine represented virtually rather than duplicated physically

Words that belong together

  • hardware virtualization
  • a virtualization layer
  • server virtualization

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Virtualization let the team restart the old operating environment without rebuilding its original hardware.
A fault below the virtualization layer affected every guest at once.

Related words

virtual machineresource abstractionhypervisorvirtualisation (spelling variant)
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virtualization

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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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