A system program that provides a virtual machine environment. The term came from the IBM mainframe world, which first introduced the virtual machine (virtualization) concept in the form of VM, initially as software only and later enhanced with hardware circuits. See virtual machine.
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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- Blog posts 2009-10-07
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- Blog posts 2009-10-06
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
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- Blog posts 2009-09-04
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- Blog posts 2009-09-02
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
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- Blog posts 2009-08-31
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-30
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
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- Blog posts 2009-08-20
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- Blog posts 2009-08-18
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- Blog posts 2009-08-12
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